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Rachel tells me her eyes aren't blue... HERES THE PROOF!

What do ya'll think eh? I took most of the pictures, my dad took the rest. I'm a little too lazy to put subtitles :D hope ya'll don't mind.

How about a nice quiet blog? like it was when I first got it... Thats not a bad idea, now is it?

My Dad really likes going on day trips, it's starting to get old though... Blah whatever. I'll be back late tonight.

I'm one that thinks too much (I think) about "What do people think of me?! Should I of said that? was it my place? How could I have been so stupid to do such and such a thing? Do people really care?". This is one of the 'Benefits' (Sarcastic) of being the youngest, trying to be accepted when in the back of my mind I know I probably already am.

I'm going to TRY to say this once and for all, for my own sanity: I'm an easy going guy, I don't take offense to things easily, I try to care about what people think and tend to their needs as necessary. I never mean offense by anything I do or say, and if offense was taken... I'm a very approachable person, who is able to be told if something I did or said was offensive. Of course, growing up with so many older siblings, I usually know if somebody will take advantage of that.

I like to talk a lot on the computer... In real life ( I think) I'm quiet and I have to try to be loud.

It's nice thing receiving comments, it's not what I blog for though. Every time I see that somebody made a comment, I race to see what it says.


Going back to school next week... Blecchh, I like learning... I do.. really... just I don't like the way my parents do the homeschooling system, enough said... off that topic.


This might sound obnoxious but I don't mean it that way at all.


A while ago I had a conversation with a friend of mine over skype. I asked him if anything I ever do makes him or anybody else think less of me, he said (Which was honest and appreciated): "Sometimes" it went on and he asked me why I asked that, I told him: Because growing up with so many sisters... I feel like I don't know how to act like "My own kind" The terminology I used make him laugh. To this day I still remember that conversation and acually thought about it before I went to bed last night... I was annoyed at the fact that I probably know how to associate with girls better then guys. Three of my 4 sisters are going to college this next school year (As last year) and the oldest is married. Leaving me to schooling once again by myself and my parents.

[5 minutes past...] BAh, I forget what I was getting at... I guess I remember something to the effect of: Being "Shy"? (lack of a better word sorry) around my friends at church or wherever and not associating with them very much. and something to the effect of: Because of having many sisters I know sort of how to associate with girls (as friends of course) But what Parent would want some teenage boy hanging out with their daughter.

Thats my babbling for tonight. These are things I just need to deal with on my own.

I took pictures of Karen with my dads new camera today, there was one of them I really liked Here it is.
Pretty eh?



After she wanted to take pics of me, she was happy with one of the pics and insisted I put it up.

Is Worried.

Has eaten a lot of watermelon today.

Is completly not looking forward to school.

Is eating tabbouleh :D

Is browsing through pictures.

Surprisingly doesn't feel like playing the computer.

*Hiccuped*.

Is thinking of some way to present something about his computer in a HSG meeting without going over 5 minutes.

Is done writing about things like that.


Ahh, it's good to not be 3'rd person anymore. I'm just here, not doing much.

Thats the name of my new laptop that my father bought for me on Thursday. He wanted to get it for me because I'll be learning MATLAB this year as well as some other programming... Programs.
My desktop is a much better computer then this In term of performance, but this is a laptop what can you expect? It'd be much harder for me to lug my desktop everywhere, if you can imagine... although I've done it numerous times. Please don't think I'm spoiled, this investment was meant to help my school education this year, and what I'll be learning this year will also be critical for my degree when I go to college.

Here are the specs for anybody who cares.


CPU: AMD Althlon 64 x2 running at 1700 MHZ (1.7 ghz) running 512 kbs of l2 cache on each core (1 meg total)

RAM: 1 gig of DDR2 533 mhz.

Hard Drive: SATA hard drive 150 Megabits per second transfer rate, 5200 RPM.

Video card: Nvidia Ge-force 6150 mobile Shared memory, running it's own GPU.

OS: Windows Vista home premium.

Have fun translating that. :) The more enjoyable part of having a blog is posting something that will confuse your readers... Comment the first thing that comes to your mind when you read each spec.



I think I'm home alone right now... my sisters and mother went to a CPR class this morning at 9:00, and my dad I'm not quite sure. I havn't seen him this morning, he might be still in bed. Teehee Snoozehead :D



Side note. I have my own feelings, and made sure to just be a friend.

This is the standard beginning of a chat with Christine.


[11:27] Si1entMidnight: ew
[11:27] The TUVster: YUCK
[11:27] The TUVster: GROSS
[11:27] The TUVster: DISCUSTING
[11:27] Si1entMidnight: ewww
[11:27] The TUVster: *BARFS*

Translated of course "Little is just enough, and a lot is to little." Ever feel that way? I know it's true for me sometimes. I'm content, I need to remember that.

I just got home from the white mountains It was good, although It's not really what I prefere to do my Dad wanted to go so the whole family went. Whatever needs to get done I just do. (going on a day trip with Dad is what needed to be done for his Sanity.) Dad and Mom have been really busy recently, which I appreciate and they really needed a break.

Whats a trip without first having some giggles in the parking lot? Sarah was having fun smacking me with a towel, can eating be considered fun?

Rachel (Towel fight going on, on the bottom left.)

Gotta love them pop tarts :D (Dad said something really funny, tis why I look like I'm about to cough)
Alright, enough of this... I'll take that.


Victory! My turn Blahaha.


Dad

Mom
Sarah

Karen.... with me stuffing my face in the background, I was hungry lol.

Most of the day was spent at a little stream thing (Not what the attraction was really supposed to be, but thats our family lol.) we were bouncing across the rocks leading to the other side. About 2-3 hours was spent there... Sarah has a tendency to fall in the streams whenever she tries crossing, my dad LOVES to snap pictures of her falling in and getting soaked (He also calls this "The Sarah Syndrome") Rachel and I are the only ones that managed to stay dry.

Whats this? Sarah's still Smacking people with that towel...

Mom trying to figure out if she should try to jump it.
Sarah and Mom prior to getting soaked due to that awful syndrome ;)

Whoops, there goes Sarah! (Gotta love my dads photography, Mom slips in soon after... too bad he missed it :D)

Sarah again a little more daring.


We then stopped at this thingamaplace where all of us bounced from pillar to pillar with some wooden pillars.

Good pic of Ra.

I'm a little airplane :D

Balancing act


I'll put some videos up later... it's 1:30 in the morning, All my sisters are watching some movie. I'm Zonked, I'll probably be around in the morning tomorrow. Then I'm off to my grandparents for a few hours of the afternoon, then maybe I'll be around in the afternoon... If some other task doesn't come my way.

I only posted two because the others weren't good quality. (I still don't know who was giggling when I gave "Leader Stephen" a hug... it was in the script don't ask me why though :P The script said something to the effect of "Give Leader a hug as if Captain crash were about to cry" thats why I had to do it all strange :P )

CAPTAIN CRASH!!




Sophie and Rachel L got this picture with Eric's camera caught me off gaurd.
Captain crash!

boredom is sometimes a good thing, it forces you to do things that you probably should do... like change the template of my blog :)

I need a haircut, but every time I ask my dad "Dad can I have a hair cut please?" he asks "Which one?" AKA He's too busy to give me one.

lol

This mornings message was good, the pastor was talking about Peter and the time he went to catch fish and was out all night and didn't catch anything. I couldn't follow what he was getting at, I felt like he was going on rabbit trails. I believe though, he was getting at how we need to trust god to supply us with whatever it is we might need.

After the morning service me, Nick (Brother-in-law) and a bunch of other people tossed a Frisbee around.

I had asked Nick if he'd like to go biking and decided to. So we swung by my house picked up my bike, then headed over to his house, Rachel came along and spent time with Christine (The weird one ;) playing video games. While biking on the trail thats behind their house, there was a fork, Nick took the right hand side one one time while he was by himself so we decided to take the left one. Like 30 seconds after taking the left side, we hit a probably 2 foot deep puddle from the rain and accumulated over the past few days. The mud that was on the sides looked only about an inch deep so I decided to step into overdrive and go through it fast... Well it was deeper then an inch, and my bike couldn't go through, it was annoying because I was wearing sandals but whatever so I get em dirty I told nick I'd just walk the rest of the way through(At this point he was just sitting on the beginning of the puddle and didn't move untill he saw that I was going to make it through). Nick was giggling at me GIGGLE OF DEATH and looked the other way and said "Bah never mind come out and we'll go the other way" (the right side of the fork) I then said "Hey Uhhh Nick" he turns around and I'm Knee deep in mud. It was a funny situation I got myself in, but it was annoying to trudge out... Nick by the way is ROFLing at this point. I'm like whatever, so I just jumped in the puddle and washed the mud off, I think getting knee deep in mud made it all worth while. :P

When we got back to his house, nobody did anything much particularly. I was having fun watching their strange cat (I say retarded but Christine doesn't think so)

Some things it did today and almost all the time:

1. Drinks from the toilet

2.Flings litter from the litter box everywhere just for giggles.

3. Purs and growls at the same time while petting it (Wow, make up your mind >.<)


It's been good today :)

I was talking to somebody and I was going on and on and I forgot to read if the person replied, but while I was going on the person asked me a question which I didn't see, and I was continuing to type oblivious. At the end it came out really confusing and It looked like I was replying to that persons messages but I really wasn't... it was really strange because it looked really weird.

Example in case you don't get what I'm saying:

Lets just say I was talking to my brother in law about Age differences and whatever, and I'm rambling on calculating the days and months and years (pressing enter to send the message after ever 2 or 3 words typed), and my brother in law jokes around and says so "so well when you're old enough I'll take you to a bar?" and I don't see it, and I say "Well, about 2 and a half years... heh no wait, well no because Such and such a month and this many days so 1 year 3 months" ETC It Makes it look like I'm saying I'm going to go to a Bar when I get older, when in the first place I'm not even realizing anything was said about a bar.

And now I read it, I totally didn't realize what I was saying until afterwards. I don't want to hurt anybodys feelings because I didn't mean it that way.

I know I know, this post is sort of a disclaimer.

I just got back from my grandparents house, Did I ever say that grandparents can be really awesome? My grandfather and grandmother are both 79, 80 in December. My grandfather still splits wood, when I got there he was acually doing it. Last year he whooped me in how fast he could split them, he could do them in one hit with the Maul I could do them in 3 hits.

This year I can split them in 1 firm hit (The maul is also dull), and they're not small, they're thick big tree size in radius logs. I've really grown since last year.

I know I've said this before, but I never realized how true it was until today. Some of the times, children are like their same gender grandparent on either sides. For me it is my fathers father, I might look like my dad but that is it. My father takes after his mother almost exactly in skin texture (Soft) eye color (Blue). I take after my grandfather in eye color (Greenish changing sometimes or blueish But almost always with a golden yellowish ring around my pupil) and skin texture (Rough skin). I also have my grandfathers build in terms of height he's only 1-2 inches taller then me, but in terms of Bone structure we're the same: broad shoulders, big hands and feet. We also have the same name minus the middle initial, His middle name is George mine is Nathaniel.

I'm so close close to my grandfather, we do everything together it's great. It also helps they live the next house over. ^-^

Allright, I'm ready to assume my role as Captain crash. Peace.

Todays VBS was good.

Captain crash looked like little kid today, as he was covered in flotation devices... the skits went well, Stephen and I both remembered our lines as they were supposed to be said (Which is new :)


Sarah had a Friend come today... Both of them soaked me, which is why in the last post I wanted to soak Sarah with the bucket of water.

Bah, I'm tired... Tomorrow is the last day of VBS... then a pool party on Saturday.

Dad and Mom are still out at work. I'm starting to hate the summers, nobody is ever online to talk with, I'm to young to drive to visit people (so I have to ask my sister) and I stay home half the time cause I don't have anything to do... also one of the reasons VBS is good, especially this year. I'm acually in civilization, with people that I have no social skills with.

I guess I don't really have any social skills, because I'm fairly quiet.

So I'm walking with a bucket of water outside of my church tonight, Corey is standing at the door, When I call out to him and say "Hey Corey check out who I'm going to soak with this" I was planning on soaking my sister for throwing multiple water balloons at me today, I obviously wasn't saying I was going to soak him when he says "JOHN, IF YOU DARE POUR THAT ON ME... I'M BUSY WATCHING TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS COME OUT OF THE CHURCH ALRIGHT AND I CAN'T BE DISTRACTED" Lets pause there for a second and think about this...

#1 If we was so busy he wouldn't have been chatting with Molly.

#2 If he really thought I would dump water on his head while he was standing in the doorway at church... I don't know he was thinking.

Shall we continue? Yes, lets.

I firmly responded and said "Corey, quiet down... I'm not even going to dump it on you I'm going to dump it on my sister. If I'm kidding around you'd better, respond as it's a joke or Jam both feet in your mouth" At one point during this I caught myself firmly yelling... He says " FINE, I'M Busy THOUGH You're distracting me"


Bah, so he fired me up. I don't accept peers talking to me like that, especially if they're trying to
show off superiority.

It sounds trivial, but it upsets me even more because she was standing right there... how could I let myself fire up like that? I'm not just some guy that yells at people, I tend to usually be quiet.


Now I'm back to being captain crash. Teehee :)

Have you ever had a dream, where at the end of it you're thinking, ok... I know I'm asleep, and I thought this was a really cool dream so I'm going to remember it so when I wake up I can tell people about it. After reviewing it and remembering it you wake up on your own will and remember trying to remember it but can't remember anything except that you tried to remember? (Say that ten times fast :D)

Well last night that happened to me, exept I didn't think it was a cool dream I just thought it was really stupid and worth sharing. (It did pass by my mind in the dream that I should remember it to post about it, just I wasn't sure if I wanted to...) I couldn't remember the dream untill I came home, because somebody or something I saw today reminded me of it. Not sure if it was a person or a thing honest...

Well, so it all starts in my house. I wake up one morning, brush my teeth eat breakfast (Neither of which I ever do when I wake up, (probably should of shared that *Inserts foot into mouth* :D)) I walk outside and it's a city, filled with people from church Except I notice everybody is in their underwear. They're all wearing Boxers! I think it's really weird but thought I didn't have the right to say anything, I mean 'Who am I to tell these people if they should walk around in their boxers? >.<' I keep walking and notice that I'm in Briefs! Goodness, and I really do hate briefs. Just I was the only one... and I felt really strange.


Have you also noticed that dreams jump from one thing totally into another thing completly unrelated? Well that happened to me also, Except that I'm not going to share what that was... I will say it was very nice though. ^-^

Wow, There was a large number of kids at VBS today it was great. There was also a good amount of helpers, although we can always use as much help as possible considering we have about 3 times as many kids as expected.

Captain Crash really beat himself up today, there is a nice big slice in his leg after doing his duty. :)

A new helper Sophie was there, she really helped Sarah with the 4 and 5 year olds game time. Sarah needed the help considering she had a bunch of kids there.

I didn't notice you there Mrs B until after you guys were leaving, so I'll say hi now :)

I saw two of the dutts today, not sure where they went after the first 15 mins...

Corey being Coreying today, as always. :)

Yesterday, while doing the puppets we had to make the puppets snore so I let out my best snore sound. One if the kids was petrified by it and started crying his head off, starting a chain reaction resulting in all the kids screaming during the show. I was trying my best not to crack up... LOL


Eric and I were having fun Racing up and down the church parking lot, I WIN! :)

On my way to the car ready to get home, Sarah had a water balloon... Of course I jumped on the opportunity to Splat Corey with it :P

We had a total of 51 kids today, Wootzorz!




Oh yes, and Andrew was over this afternoon and I thought this pic was kinda funny...

So far VBS has been good, as I stated before I am doing the skits with Stephen Blake. I'm "Captain Crash" and Stephen is "Leader". Guys! Stop in and Watch the skits, they're funny. :) By the way, the only way to make the skits look funny I have to really beat myself up. Running into stuff, tripping, Rope around my neck... Yeahhhh ouchies.
I'm also doing the puppets.

I enjoy helping with VBS, just seeing the kids smile makes it all worth it. I mean, I'm still young but it helps me remember I was once their age.

Molly and Corey are funny, they keep stealing stuff from each other and threatening to beat the other up.

Today Grace Blake Threw a Water balloon at me, it bounced off my chest and dropped and landed on Molly's foot.

So far, this year we've had 3 times as many people as the previous years. It's been an answer to prayer, I really hope that we'll be good and work together. I want the Kids hearts to be touched, Whoever from my church or wants to come help. Be an example (A good one)

Yes, my last post about my team I mentioned about us being 5-2. Since then It was decided that one of the teams we lost to were cheating, so now we are 6-1.

Tonight I have a match at 9:30, the team will consist of Me, Q, Manno, GRC and Chaka. We have a good chance considering we've been tearing it up in the matches. If we win this game we'll make it to the playoffs.

If you want to see the team go to and see our progress go to: http://www.caleague.com/?page=teams&teamid=147516

I found it kind of cool how Eric has so many hats. Check it out on his blog!

Karen on the side coming out of the mens bathroom accidentally :D The sun was in my eyes :)


Dad snapping a photo of Amanda near the Mens bathroom, he loves getting silly pics hehe.
Karen, Amanda and Tracy.

Me and James near the Womens Bathroom... not sure how I got duped into this one. (James = cousin)

Gotta zoom up on it to read it, it's hilarious.

Yeah, I havn't really gotten a chance to post the past 2 days...

Yesterday I went to Six flags, Everything was cool. Would you get mad at me if I were to say the Superman ride was boring? I had my hands up the whole time, The drop was probably the only thing that makes the ride worth it.

VBS starting up tomorrow, I'm playing a character by the name of "Captain Crash" Stephen blake plays a character by the name of "Leader" >.< Anybody feel free to come and laugh at my acting :P

Here I am sitting around, I'm extremely tired but I can't sleep. I hate it when I think about something and it won't get off my mind.


Yep, my BoRiNg LiFe. :)

Happy 21'st Karen!

Sarah is Begging for attention, and is nagging me to jump in the pool with her at *looks at the clock* 11:04 pm. Should I do it?

Yes, I will. Goodness, I'm going to freeze I know it thats ok though. BOO YAH!


Rachel is going to take pictures again, stay tuned.



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After... don't you just love our stupidity?

Getting ready to jump in. :P Neither Sarah or I were really flexing, just trying to look stupid hehe.



Sarah is about to kiss a frog that was swimming around in the pool.