Conspiracy?

when it happened the first time
i didnt think anything of it
i was simply driving along a two lane road
and a van pulled onto the road and into the opposite lane of traffic
right in front of me
it wasnt that big of a deal
id had people pull out in front of me before
and i was only going 25 mph
there were cars parked on the road
so i thought maybe he just couldnt see me
but after he started pulling out
he started accelerating pretty quickly because he did see me
i hardly had to push on my breaks
collision avoided
but when it happened to me again in the same week
i began to wonder
another van
it pulled out in front of me entering the opposite lane of traffic
this time a four lane highway
two lanes per direction
this time i was going 35 mph
i didnt even have time to check behind me
i just instinctively slammed on my breaks
luckily there wasnt anyone behind me
and luckily i missed disaster
i was on the way to school
and i didnt think much of it
except that i was stupid not to look behind me
or check to see if there was someone beside me
in case i needed to swerve out of the way
it happens again
the third time in one week
this time
however
it is a red suv pulling into my lane of traffic
my speed is only 25 mph
they are on a collision course with me
i think that they see me and continue on
thinking they will stop
but they either didnt see or thought they had the right of way
(which they most definitely did not)
they just barreled on
i ended up having to swerve out of the way
which was no big deal
because the roads here in utah are a mile wide
but i cant help but think that there is something wrong with this picture
this is more than just mere coincidence
i thought of what the explanation could be
here is what i came up with
1) someone wittily placed a sticker on my car saying "crash into me please" without me noticing
2) my car is invisible
3) there is a conspiracy planning my death
i dont know which it is
but if you happen to know
then dont hesitate in filling me in
or if you have any other possible ideas
then let me know those too
thank you
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also
i dont know if this has any significance
but i noticed that the first time it happened
taylor and my mom were in the car with me
and the next time
only taylor
and this last time
only me

october

so its been a long time since i last updated
i will try not to make this too long
but a lot has gone on
so there are no guarantees
here we go

not too long ago
clint taylor mom and i went to goblin valley
with uncle ians family
we had a blast
if you have not been there
then go now
right this second
because it is just about the coolest place in utah you can go

last week
mom and i went to see 20000 leagues under the sea
the 1954 version
at the local library
for a while we were the only ones there
but then this older couple came also
it was entertaining
and the special effects were surprising for a movie made that long ago
while we were there
i also got to look at the library
and i must say
i love the design of the building
the whole thing it so cool looking

yesterday
mom melissa and i went to rock canyon trail
we didnt get to hike very far up the trail
because i had to do a photography project for school
but it was still fun
and we saw mountain goats of some sort
(i am hoping we will go again sometime and hike the whole trail?)
then we went to panda express
it was the first time id ever eaten there
i liked it
but i must say
jin jin is better
by far
we then bought ice cream at smiths
went home and ate it
vanilla frozen yogurt
and blueberry pomegranate chocolate chunk (melissas choice)
and they were both delicious
then we watched lords of the gourds
and i must say
if you ever get the chance to watch it
then do
or purchase it for a steal of only $24.99
(im not being serious
dont buy it
any maybe dont watch it
though i am serious about it being funny)
it was really funny
luckily for us
because we had not already eaten enough ice cream
grandma brought us some more ice cream and some cake
i felt so fat by the end of the day

so that is what ive been up to
and ive noticed that not many other people have been keeping up with their blogs
and i am curious to know what youve been doing
so
update
and then i will no longer be curious

HELP

how could there only be 40 left in the world
the unlucky amur leopard
though they have conservation efforts going out for this species
they are doomed
there is such a slim chance of them ever making a come-back
please help before it is too late for other species
take steps to saving them now
before this is a planet full of only humans cockroaches and rats
tigers are down to 3200 total
25 sumatran rhinos
7500 sumatran orangutans
2500 mature wild pandas
20000-25000 polar bears and numbers are dropping rapidly
300-400 snow leopards in nepal
3000-5000 blue whales
(fact: blue whales are the largest ever animal in existence
larger than any dinosaur ever discovered)

first day of school

the first day of school is over
apush sounds hard
and i think i had work to do over the summer
that i obviously didnt
and we are going to have to read and write a lot
and the class is huge and loud
and i do not like the teacher
then i had band
and i did not like that either
i have to play with the marching band for football games
on my flute
and i really dont want to
that is the least fun part of marching band
and im not even in marching band and i have to do it
!!!!!
angry-making
then i had french
which is full immersion
and she said even we are only allowed to speak french
i think they know a little bit more than i do
but i knew some things they didnt know
so that is good
i think i will like french
and then we had lunch
we went to susans
and even though she wasnt there
she left us some brownies
and a not that said we could make ourselves at home
she is too nice :D
she asked us our opinion on what the wall colour should be
and i liked spring brook or something like that
a nice cool blue color
i think it will look great
but whatever she picks i am sure will look great
after lunch i hurried to math
but was late
and the class seems hard
and i already have homework
but not too bad like apush did
and at least it will count for college credit
but i figured out that my college grade is determined only from two grades
a midterm which is 40%
and a final exam which is 60%
so if i do bad on either one
my college grade can be jeopardized
i dont think it will be too hard
the good thing about math is that there is a problem
and all you have to do is apply what you know to solve it
and maybe even what you dont know
but with things like history
if you dont know a specific name
or date
then you could fail miserably
also
the grading scale here is on tens
like 90+ is an a
and 80-89 is a b
unlike south carolina grading
tomorrow i have chemistry photo economics and english
how fun...

pikmin

so i beat pikmin
in two days
and i liked it
and now i want to play pikmin 2
but i dont have it
so if someone has it and is willing to let me borrow it
let me know
:D
pikmin 2
for the gamecube
please
im getting ready for the new pikmin 3 that is coming soon
cant wait

change of schedule

i have changed fourth period from ap music to digital photo
and i have filled in my empty class sixth period with drafting design
i now have another empty class semester 2 fourth period
i will take care of that later

class schedule

currently my classes are as follows
1 ap us history
2 cp chemistry
3 symphonic band
4 ap music
5 french 2
6 economics (semester 2 empty)
7 concurrent college alg/trig
8 ap english lang/comp
it might change
hopefully

I would tweet this but I just tweeted something else

pim must have gas
because she is stinking away here
P.U.
!!!!!

dmv

easley/pickens dmv: 8/10
you can tell they want you out of there fast
few problems and fast service

orem dmv: 1/10
the only thing that could be worse is if i didnt get my liscense
which i really didnt
all i got was a piece of paper
the sevice is slow
and there are too many lines
and you finally get to the counter only to find out you need another document
which you go home to get
and then stand in line again
and finally you get through and then you wait in line again
then you wait forever some more
and then you take an open book test
what is the point of that
which i scored 24/25
and then you wait some more
then you get your paper license
we were there until 4,30
never again

Why Do I Keep Having Dreams About People Dying

so far clint has died twice
once because i ruthlessly killed him
by shooting him in the head
and another because he was motorcyling with two other people
and they all were going really fast
and they ran into each other and tumbled and rolled
until they ran into a car
clint died there too
my dad didnt die in a dream
he was just dead
and victoria committed suicide
by jumping off her school building
and died
soooooo
yep
fun dreams
but the weird thing is
when i woke up
every time i thought that it really happened
so i was really sad
until i realized that it wasnt true
then i was just like
why did i have another of those dreams
haha

not much has been going on
just hanging out with relatives
and taylors band camp
and melissas job interviews
thats about it
im loving that there are five nick channels
and they show avatar
i finally got a bookshelf
and i need another
haha
it is all the way filled up
i could put books on top
but as for right now i dont want to shift everything up
because they are in alphabetical order by author
so i dont want to have to move every book
so i will keep it the way it is for now
thats all

today

today we played video games all morning
until about five oclock actually
when mom said that we needed to get out of the house
so she cut up some fruit
and we left
we went to a park in provo??? canyon
and we sat at a picnic table and ate peaches watermelon strawberries and pineapple
the pineapple was especially delicious
then we just walked around
then drove off to another park
and we just sort of happened upon a trail
that we walked on
and it kept going up the mountain
and splitting to different paths
and we ended up on top of a huge hill
looking into valleys of other hills
and everything was beautiful
and great
the wind
which usually bothers me
didnt
and the bugs didnt bother me either
nothing did
it was just peaceful and great
words cannot describe
i found animal poop
and melissa taylor mom and maybe even clint saw a deer
but i didnt see it
that was disappointing
but there will always be other opportunities
so we ended up having a lot of fun
and i will definitely be going back there again
goodnight

home

we are here in utah
to update you on before we got here
...

one thing i forgot to say about the reunion
we went into a corn field
because it was just across the street from the farmhouse
we all got really ichy
and wet
and rashy
and it was not a good idea
keep that for a future note
we left
and entered iowa at 11:52
as i said
but it really was 10:52
because of the time change
then we entered nebraska at 6:50
but really 5:50
we stayed in a hotel there
then we left the next day
we entered the mountain time zone at 4:07
but 3:07 mountain time zone time
we entered colorodo at 3:51 mtz
we stayed at a hotel in colorodo
we entered wyoming at 11:30 mtz
and later utah at 5:37 mtz
the elevation where we entered utah was 6860
along the trek
we basically listened to music and talked and read
we found every license plate but connecticut rhode island and vermont
we saw along the way some deer
lots of dead deer
two alive raccoons
an alive ground hog
i saw a camel
!!!!
for reals
it was just sitting in this tiny fenced in area next to a shabby barn
we saw an alpaca farm
a HUGE cow farm
with lots of poop
and tons of cows in miserable little fenced in areas
two donkeys
melissa and i saw a pony or a horse
that was just standing on a road that the interstate exited to
that led to a ranch
but he got out of the fence
!!!
we saw a badger
we passed the pony express
and buffalo bills ranch
and that is all
now we have gone to family dinner parties
and hiked timpanogos mountain
and gone into the cave
that was really cool
and cold
i loved it
im all moved into my room
all of my books are on the windowsill because i dont have a bookshelf
and it goes to three levels of books
some books are on my dresser
and some on my end table
i have a lot of books
if i remember anything else
i will update

journey ii

i drove us into nauvoo
i had to drive through a torrential downpour
words cannot describe it
i could barely see anything past the fog and rain
there were times when i couldnt see the lines on the road
so we arrived in historic nauvoo
we watched the pageant
and took the tours
and hung out with cousins
we played lots of bananagrams
in which i won a lot
now we are leaving
we just entered iowa at 11:52
one thing about nauvoo
it is way too humid here
i am glad we are leaving
check back again for updates

journey

7we have officially left
clint is driving
pim is quiet but breathing hard
we have crossed over to north carolina
we crossed at 1:13
we have 10 of the license plates
green punch buggy!
we will keep you updated

UPDATE
we just passed a deer
and then into a tunnel
then through really slow traffic
due to a rockslide
it was really cool
yet sort of creepy
now into tennessee at 2:37
keep checking back for updates

UPDATE
i just got off driving duty
pretty landscapes
and a groundhog eating by the side of the road
we entered kentucky at 5:27
i drove my whole shift with the door open
there never was time to close it
we passed by bristol
and london
melissa is driving now
pim got out of her cage
she is still breathing hard and unresponsive
she hasnt eaten or drank
or gone to the bathroom
poor girl
check back for more updates

UPDATE
we are in a hotel in frankfort kentucky
we are about to go eat

UPDATE
day two
we left the hotel around 11:00
ive been sitting in the back with pim
shes trying to sleep in my lap
she kept climbing under the beds at the hotel
we have made it into indiana
im not sure when
i was reading
we just left the gas station
where we had subway
melissas driving now
check back regularly for updates

UPDATE
we just passed into illinois at 4:35
not much has happened
lots of farmland
melissa is still driving
pim is on the ground
ive been reading
check back again later

travels

we got back from arlington virginia not long ago
and i already miss my cousins
we had quite an adventure
hundred square hopscotch
soccer
tennis
rockin' robin
butterbeer
and many other adventures
i would like to say
however
that i beat anna and taylor in life
and clue...
i beat anna in clue
again
the second time in a row!
i will miss them
hopefully you guys can visit next summer
and maybe the new years after that we can visit you
we shall make arrangements

coming up
tomorrow is pack up day
we will put everything on the truck to ready for our voyage across the us
now my mom just said that it is time for bed
because tomorrow is such a big day
i will keep everyone in touch about the progress of our travels
bonsoir

New Look/games

i have given my blog a face lift
as should be obvious

now
so far during this years e3
nintendo has wowed the crowd
and me
by announcing a 3d ds
and you dont even need glasses
they will be releasing nintendogs + cats
kid icarus
metal gear solid
resident evil
and pokemon
it looks awesome

speaking of pokemon
the new game sometimes looks amazing
but other times it looks like the same old same old
and the new pokemon...
haha
you should look at them
serebii.net
they are interesting
but when you look at some of the old ones
even from the first season
like mr mime
or jynx
or even alakazam
you realize that the new ones arent so bad

now back to e3
on the wii side
they talked more about the new zelda game
i cant wait!!!
and other stuff about metroid: other m
and a new kirby game that looks awesome
it too looks great

more news on guild wars 2
they have finally announced another profession
warrior
who would have thought...

so all of the new games this year
and next year
are looking great
i cant wait

it just keeps getting closer

pretty much just two weeks of school left
and during those two weeks
i only have half days
yayay
and im pretty much done with oboe-related events
for a while
just one last lakeside concert
and ever-continuing lessons
i am so ready for summer break

come on summer

so school is coming to a close
at the fine arts center i only have two weeks and four days left
and then ill only have easley classes for the next three weeks
so that means ill be done with school at 11,25 every day
i cant wait
coming up is a school concert
and three orchestra concerts
two for cys
and one for gcyo
and one recital for my oboe teacher
i also have one ap test
and only one (hopefully) exam
there isnt much material the teachers have left to teach
and then im done for the year
able to sit back and relax
just seven more weeks!!!!

panda! go panda!

since i didnt need to go to school today
i watched the two panda! go panda! movie shorts
that were written by miyazaki
one is called panda family!
and the other is the circus in the rain
they were cute
i loved panny
i wish i had a panda family!
if you go here
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/animation/watch/v1432851mXYz8BZ2#
then you can watch it yourself
but to see the whole thing
you will need to download the veoh video player
it is only one hour and ten minutes
and you can watch one at a time
please do
they are really adorable

Return to the Hundred Acre Wood

i was surprised when they decided to write this
how could they think they could rewrite winnie-the-pooh
especially without a a milne
and then i discovered that they added a new character
what were they thinking
the artwork turned out fine
in fact i rather liked it
but the writing style just wasnt the same
and near the beginning i just didnt like it
but if i thought of it as its own book
instead of a sequal to winnie-the-pooh
i did end up liking it
the end was sad
and my favorite chapter was chapter seven
in which lottie starts an academy and everybody learns something
i also like chapters eight nine and ten
which were about cricket africa and the harvest festival
i think that the author was finally getting in the swing of things near the end
i learned more rules about cricket
and pooh is still my favorite character
i do suggest you read all the winnie-the-poohs
especially the first two
but this one is worth the time
(really it doesnt take that long to read)
im sure they are at you local library
have fun in the hundred acre woods

update

i havent been able to fix the video
but lately i have gotten a haircut
courtesy of the wonderful meredith
and i have also gotten my driving license
yay fun times
thats about it

broken arlington video

the long awaited camel video
mixed with other arlington adventures
sorry you cant hear the flute guy play
and sorry some people were left of the credits
cause flipshare is dumb
it was supposed to say

actors
mr camel
anna
taylor
penny
mr elephant
flute guy
dead animals
other chelaks

enjoy

ponyo

miyazaki did it again
i watched ponyo today
and i think it was fabulous
it is definitely a must see
i hope this isnt his last movie

olympics II

the olympics are over
this was the first olympics that i actually watched
and i watched almost every bit of it
only missing on occasion for school
or acitivities like orchestra
(6tst <- says pim)
usa won the medal count
although not the gold medal count
congratulations to all of the olympians
the closing ceremony was cheesy
but i cant wait for the russian federation winter olympics
the preview that they presented looked cool
and high tech
and spacy
taylor and i agree that they are holding it in space
anyway
even though i lost a lot of sleep
to where i was playing my oboe upside-down
you can just bet thay ill be watching the next olmypics
and the next
and the next
...

olympics

evan lysacek for the gold
mens freestyle figure skating
yes!!!!

Dear Harrison

a long time ago
you gave me a novel
probably mostly for the joke
called the little lame prince
and i finally have gotten around to reading it
and i must say
that i enjoyed it
it turns out
though
that the story was only half of the book
you probably knew that
but the other half is the adventures of a brownie
i liked the narration of the little lame prince
it was told in the point of view of the author
and sometimes she spoke of herself
and such
the next part will not spoil the story
just tell you what it is about
which does require telling a bit of the story
but not much
so if you dont want any to be spoiled
then dont read it
but im sure it wont make a difference
the story is mostly about a prince
who was dropped on his coronation as a baby
and his legs never grew right
then his mother then his father died
and he was crowned king
his fathers brother was named the regent
since the prince who is now king was too young to rule
and one day the regent sent the king on a journey for a while
and his servents came back a few days later
saying that the king had gotten sick and died
so the regent was king
and the prince wasnt really dead
and then the story continues
if you or anyone can get their hands on another copy of this book
i would recommend getting it and reading it
thank you for the much loved gift
from
mckenzie

avatar

today we went to see avatar
i will start by saying that a long time ago
about two months ago
my friend briana told me they were making a live action avatar
like avatar the airbender
aang
so i searched for some proof of this statement
and instead found avatar
the one that everyone knows and loves
with the na'vi
and cool 3d visuals
i never did find proof of avatar the last airbender live-actioned up
so if anyone knows anything about it
then please just leave a comment
anyways
i started watching previews of avatar
and i thought it seemed pretty cool
then when it came out in theaters
i just didnt feel like going to see it
you see
i dont like movie theaters very much
but when everyone else started going to see it
and constantly talking about how amazing it was
i started wanting to go and see it
but wasnt quite convinced
i thought id watch it when it came out on dvd
but then everyone kept saying how you had to see it in 3d
so thats when clint taylor mom and i all went together to go watch it
today
in 3d
and it was amazing
it is another one of those sci-fi/fantasies
that when i finish watching it
or reading it in most cases
i just want to kick myself because i cant think of anything that amazing
i want to write a book
but i just cant think of anything that would actually interest people
i cant think of anything as great as lotr or hp
but oh well
watch avatar
hurry
before it leaves theaters
which i think is soon
if you dont
then personally
i think it would be just fine not in 3d
i like 3d
but i dont think it adds too much to a movie
just makes it more realistic is all
that concludes this post

except not really
i just want to add that i read howls moving castle
the original book
as written by diana wynne jones
and i think it is brilliant
most likely even better than the miyazaki movie
i need to watch the movie to compare before anything final however
so i ordered it from netflix and cant wait
diana wynne jones is possibly the best fantasy writer ever
now i am done
fully-cooked

poll 3

fantasy has won the poll
it had five vote but i know for a fact
that i voted three times somehow for fantasy
so that ties it with historical fiction

51

well
i was going to make a 50 posts post
but i forgot
so here is post 51
yay

cousins just left not too long ago
boo hoo
ill miss you anna
and joey and katie
and aunt chris and uncle gerard
and of course penny
even though you were a pest
and kept poor pim locked up all the time

we had tons of fun
as you can imagine
we went bowling
and all of us were utterly horrible
wii bowling
you messed us all up
thanks a lot
i scored 70 in round one
then 76
poor anna didnt even break 50 the first round
she only got 39
we had rave parties
and bought cheap guns that shoot fake rounds
and had gun fights
we attempted to geocash
but kept getting caught by cops
haha
but we did find one in the walmart parking lot
grandma was funny as ever
oh! its a banana
we opened gifts
i got a used sleeping bag
a bag
a candle
and a ribbon
yep
hoo ha toe!
all the kids but kate and i
had a water balloon fight
they are crazy
its freezing outside
but they said they had fun
and as i cleaned up the balloon remnants
i could tell that it was and epic fight
we stayed up really late every night
and played munchkin
and chelak monopoly
and wii gravity
having tons of fun
and i really will miss them
i already miss them
but things arent all bad
cause now we have skype
so we can visit them all the time
new years didnt seem as big and festive this year
not as much
i was the first to do this
as usual
in fact i didnt do any
so
i was the first to tap myself on the head three times with my foot
there

well
next few weeks will be busy
school starts again
and i have midterms
and a bunch of tests
and MAPS testing
and region and county auditions
and orchestra tom and tuesday
and and a recital the 20th
and resumed thursday lessons
hrm
i think thats all
i really dont want to do any of it
i am tired of doing stuff
i just want to do nothing
nothing
like right now
this would be the life
yep

well
hope you had a great new years
and christmas
love
me