All I Want for Christmas
11-30-08
I already have my two front teeth. So I guess I am going to have to find some other things I want. Hmmm.
I like BYU, a lot of other people like it too but I like the Cougars. So I have been wanting some stuff with the blue and white on it for a bit now. Like a BYU football and hoody. But BYU isn't the only thing I want. I also like good movies, and here are a few that I would like: Transformers, The Matrix Trilogy (edited of course), The Bee Movie, and Wall-E.
I would also really like the Risk II computer game, that would be fun. Well that is about it off the top of my head. Other than any good fun surprises that you think up.
That's all. Eli
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
J 17 Ranks
Ranks
11-20-08
there are five classes in Polar Star this year: first in the morning is Writing Class taught by Sister Meeks and my mom, and after that is Science Class provided by Sister Huntsman, then after lunch comes Shakespeare oversaw by Sister Hampton, and then the last set of classes is Key of Liberty by Sister Musellman and Sister Scherbal (first term) and at the same time Sword of Freedom taught by Sister Taylor and assited by Sister Meyers(second term).
I'm taking all the classes (except Key of Liberty, which I already took last year) and the one that I want to talk about right now is Sword of Freedom.
Now Sword of Freedom class is about the Civil War. And as you complete the different requirments you earn ranks, which are signified by silver and gold stars that you put on your kepi (Civil War hat). Right now I'm just the third rank of First Leutenant, that's six ranks away from the top rank of Leutenant General. And get this (yes this is due from all my procrastinating), I have till the end of class monday to get all those past off.
Now don't worry, I've got it under control. So far this week I've already earned four of those six ranks. that means that I only have two to go. And they're just finishing up memorizing some things.
No worries.
Eli
11-20-08
there are five classes in Polar Star this year: first in the morning is Writing Class taught by Sister Meeks and my mom, and after that is Science Class provided by Sister Huntsman, then after lunch comes Shakespeare oversaw by Sister Hampton, and then the last set of classes is Key of Liberty by Sister Musellman and Sister Scherbal (first term) and at the same time Sword of Freedom taught by Sister Taylor and assited by Sister Meyers(second term).
I'm taking all the classes (except Key of Liberty, which I already took last year) and the one that I want to talk about right now is Sword of Freedom.
Now Sword of Freedom class is about the Civil War. And as you complete the different requirments you earn ranks, which are signified by silver and gold stars that you put on your kepi (Civil War hat). Right now I'm just the third rank of First Leutenant, that's six ranks away from the top rank of Leutenant General. And get this (yes this is due from all my procrastinating), I have till the end of class monday to get all those past off.
Now don't worry, I've got it under control. So far this week I've already earned four of those six ranks. that means that I only have two to go. And they're just finishing up memorizing some things.
No worries.
Eli
J 16 Catching Up
Catching Up
11-20-08
Well. I haven't been turning in my assignments for Polar Star as promptly as I should for the last few weeks. But who doesn't miss a month here or there? Well that's what I'm doing this for, I'm trying to get back on track the last few weeks so that I still get credit. And so far, it's actually looking up a bit.
Not like I got all the stuff done in a day, but. Well, it's getting to that point. I figure that if I stick to the schedule and don't mess around and play computer games when I should be studying. I'll be perfectly fine, well not perfectly, its not like I like being swamped by homework and staying in the house all day.
Anyway, this little writing here is helpping my in and of itself. So I'm not bad off after all.
Eli
11-20-08
Well. I haven't been turning in my assignments for Polar Star as promptly as I should for the last few weeks. But who doesn't miss a month here or there? Well that's what I'm doing this for, I'm trying to get back on track the last few weeks so that I still get credit. And so far, it's actually looking up a bit.
Not like I got all the stuff done in a day, but. Well, it's getting to that point. I figure that if I stick to the schedule and don't mess around and play computer games when I should be studying. I'll be perfectly fine, well not perfectly, its not like I like being swamped by homework and staying in the house all day.
Anyway, this little writing here is helpping my in and of itself. So I'm not bad off after all.
Eli
Vote For
Vote For!
11-20-08
Cassius!
I was told that we were supposed to write a paper about if we HAD to choose between Brutus, Cassius, or Antony for President. Which would I pick?
Well I say Cassius. Why? Well, in class we compared the three candidates with three real life candidates from this past election. We decided that Brutus was a lot like Ron Paul, has good ideas but isn’t really in the real world. Cassius was like John McCain, because he was a war hero who knew what was going on in the world. And Antony was a reflection of Barack Obama, a really good speaker, but just wants to “lead away the hearts of the people”.
So I say Cassius is the best bet here. Because he is the only one that would take control of the government and do the right thing with the war that they had on their hands. In the play, it talks about how Brutus doesn’t want to tax the people to pay for the war. But Cassius is just trying to keep the moral of their troops at a believable level by paying them.
Brutus is right that it isn’t perfect that they are taking so much money from the people, but he doesn’t see that it is necessary in the big hullabaloo that they got themselves into.
Marcus Antony is a good guy, but he has been driven to weird things by the death of his “God”, Caesar. He believes that the only thing for him to do on the contrary is to attack the people who tried to overthrow the man he saw as the “Good Guy”.
So those are my reasons for “voting for” Cassius. But you have to understand that I only support him because he is the person that I think would be the least terrible, if you know what I mean. Cassius would do what was necessary to make the war, that the other people made, as non destructive as possible and save the republic.
We can’t know exactly how Cassius would have handled things. But I think he would have done a pretty good job at it. Better then the other two.
Eli
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Was Sherman's Raid Right?
Sherman’s Raid
11-18-08
The Civil War is known as the first “All Out War”. Where men in uniform, on a designated battlefield, were not the most important targets. The civilians and, more importantly, their crops and industries that were feeding and supporting the masses of armed, uniformed men were some of the more important pieces of tactics.
The army was just the thing that they were trying to stop. And there were many different ways to do that.
One of the ways was to destroy their capitol city and dissolve their government, and in so doing, taking away their cause. Another means was to simply over power the oppositions army and make the government surrender, in stead of attacking outright.
The way that General Sherman decided to help win the war was to weaken the armies so they surrendered causing the government to surrender. How was he going to do that? He was going to take the third option.
This third option was to take out the industry and other support that sustained the armies. In other words, destroy anything and everything that the Confederates were using.
So General Sherman marched down through Georgia and destroyed their biggest cities and industries. Atlanta was one of his first targets, and then he made a very wide B line for a port on the coastline, Savannah. On his way he burned and destroyed any crops or other supporting faculties that the Rebels used.
So General Sherman was just trying to do his part to help the Union cause in the war. And it did help. When he made it so the Union controlled that entire band of land. He cut the Confederates armies into even more small sections.
And, here is one more thing to think about. In more recent wars, taking out the opponents factories and other munitions was just one of the things that both sides did.
The other side of the story is, that even though it is looked upon as “just part of war” in recent years. Doesn’t make it ok. Even though it did help the war, he was still killing, or at least ruining the lives of, many innocent people.
So I say that, even though Sherman’s march to the sea was just another part of a very bad and bloody war, it was not a moral thing to order. But it was also a very tactically brilliant and maybe Union cause saving move on his part. That should be carefully examined from both sides before making a final decision.
Eli
11-18-08
The Civil War is known as the first “All Out War”. Where men in uniform, on a designated battlefield, were not the most important targets. The civilians and, more importantly, their crops and industries that were feeding and supporting the masses of armed, uniformed men were some of the more important pieces of tactics.
The army was just the thing that they were trying to stop. And there were many different ways to do that.
One of the ways was to destroy their capitol city and dissolve their government, and in so doing, taking away their cause. Another means was to simply over power the oppositions army and make the government surrender, in stead of attacking outright.
The way that General Sherman decided to help win the war was to weaken the armies so they surrendered causing the government to surrender. How was he going to do that? He was going to take the third option.
This third option was to take out the industry and other support that sustained the armies. In other words, destroy anything and everything that the Confederates were using.
So General Sherman marched down through Georgia and destroyed their biggest cities and industries. Atlanta was one of his first targets, and then he made a very wide B line for a port on the coastline, Savannah. On his way he burned and destroyed any crops or other supporting faculties that the Rebels used.
So General Sherman was just trying to do his part to help the Union cause in the war. And it did help. When he made it so the Union controlled that entire band of land. He cut the Confederates armies into even more small sections.
And, here is one more thing to think about. In more recent wars, taking out the opponents factories and other munitions was just one of the things that both sides did.
The other side of the story is, that even though it is looked upon as “just part of war” in recent years. Doesn’t make it ok. Even though it did help the war, he was still killing, or at least ruining the lives of, many innocent people.
So I say that, even though Sherman’s march to the sea was just another part of a very bad and bloody war, it was not a moral thing to order. But it was also a very tactically brilliant and maybe Union cause saving move on his part. That should be carefully examined from both sides before making a final decision.
Eli
Letter Home from Gettysburg
Dear Folks,
There was another battle this week. It was at this little town called Gettysburg.
When the scouts got back to the old army and we heard that the Rebs were just a bit away and starting to turn about to come and get us. We were all a bit anxious. We had seen Fredricksburg and didn’t like the sound of it. I said that I hoped that just because the two towns sounded alike, didn’t mean they had to be the same.
But, we were able to get to the little town before the Rebs. So we set up on the west side (that’s their side) of the little range of hills beyond the town. The good old 83rd Pennsylvania was set next to last at the south end of the range. Only the 20th Maine was in our southern direction.
And how the Rebs did come by Jove! We ourselves had both the Alabama 4th and the Alabama 47th directly attacking us. That was hard fighting that was.
And, to make it worse, part of the way through the battle. The 20th Maine started to get bent around northeast, and I was afraid that they’d get turned clean in half so that the enemy soldiers could start shooting us in the back from the east.
But the 20th Maine was able to hold and actually crush a good bit of the 15th Alabama, which was the regiment posted against them. So we finally pushed them back and the little scared Colonels of the Confederates were ordered the retreat.
Even though we won, and we win a lot, it never does feel like a complete victory to me. Lots of my good buddies were injured and a couple died. But that’s what I’m willing to do for this great country of ours, take care of it for me.
Oh gosh! Look I’ve wasted all this good paper telling you people about battle plans and the like. I’ve missed the important stuff.
How’s my good brothers back there? And how did the planting go?
Well, that’s about all the paper I got so.
Have a happy Fourth of July and give my love to all the family.
Sincerely, Frank
There was another battle this week. It was at this little town called Gettysburg.
When the scouts got back to the old army and we heard that the Rebs were just a bit away and starting to turn about to come and get us. We were all a bit anxious. We had seen Fredricksburg and didn’t like the sound of it. I said that I hoped that just because the two towns sounded alike, didn’t mean they had to be the same.
But, we were able to get to the little town before the Rebs. So we set up on the west side (that’s their side) of the little range of hills beyond the town. The good old 83rd Pennsylvania was set next to last at the south end of the range. Only the 20th Maine was in our southern direction.
And how the Rebs did come by Jove! We ourselves had both the Alabama 4th and the Alabama 47th directly attacking us. That was hard fighting that was.
And, to make it worse, part of the way through the battle. The 20th Maine started to get bent around northeast, and I was afraid that they’d get turned clean in half so that the enemy soldiers could start shooting us in the back from the east.
But the 20th Maine was able to hold and actually crush a good bit of the 15th Alabama, which was the regiment posted against them. So we finally pushed them back and the little scared Colonels of the Confederates were ordered the retreat.
Even though we won, and we win a lot, it never does feel like a complete victory to me. Lots of my good buddies were injured and a couple died. But that’s what I’m willing to do for this great country of ours, take care of it for me.
Oh gosh! Look I’ve wasted all this good paper telling you people about battle plans and the like. I’ve missed the important stuff.
How’s my good brothers back there? And how did the planting go?
Well, that’s about all the paper I got so.
Have a happy Fourth of July and give my love to all the family.
Sincerely, Frank
Chamberlain -- Hero Paper
Chamberlain
Scholar to War Hero
11-14-08
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was the first of the five children of Joshua and Sarah Dupee Chamberlain. He was born on September 8th 1828 in the town of Brewer Main.
Chamberlain learned to read young and in his early years of school worked to learn Ancient Greek. He did this because he was looking forward to going to a good college.
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine was the college he entered at age twenty. He was there from 1848 to 1852, four years later. Before he graduated, he met, and learned from some interesting people.
One of the people he met was Harriet Beecher Stowe, the writer famous for her book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. Chamberlain actually listened as she read sections of her book before she decided to publish it.
Joshua Chamberlain graduated with honors from the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society and went on to Bangor Theological Seminary for three additional years of study before finding a place to start his career.
Fanny Adams was the adopted daughter of a local clergyman who Chamberlain married in 1855. They had five children, but one of them was born premature and two others died while still young.
He started out in a place familiar to him, his old school Bowdoin College, where he taught as a professor of rhetoric. After teaching every subject there, except science and mathematics, and could speak nine languages other than English: Greek, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Arabic, Hebrew, and Syrian. The war broke out.
The firing on Fort Sumpter stirred many men to go and join the army. This was the same for the young professor at the little college in Maine. When he went to enlist, he was offered the command of the 20th Maine Regiment as a Colonel.
He declined this offer, saying that he wanted to "start a little lower and learn the business first”. So instead of being in complete command of the 20th Maine, they simply made him second in command.
Now commissioned as a Lieutenant Colonel, and not knowing a thing about how to fight much less command, his regiment went out to war.
The 20th Maine was sent to the battle of Antietam. Where they did not do any fighting, but were kept as reserve. After Antietam they fought at the Battle of
Fredericksburg under General Ambrose Burnside, where the 20th lost some men in the assaults on Marye's Heights.
After Fredericksburg, Chamberlain was promoted to Colonel, and the 20th made their way down to Gettysburg. Where they were positioned on the far left, or south, end of the Union army.
The story of Little Round Top is well known to you, and you know that Chamberlain amazingly and bravely led his troops to a bayonet charge that saved the position, and possibly the battle.
Some time after these battles, Chamberlain got very sick due to war wounds. And General Ulysses S. Grant appointed him Brigadier General, expecting this to be more of an honorary rank since many thought Chamberlain was about to die. Chamberlain did not die and served diligently until the end of the war, even receiving the medal of honor for his services.
After the war Chamberlain went back to Maine, where he worked as the president of Bowdoin College until he no longer could due to sickness. Soon after his retirement, he served four terms, totaling four years, as the Governor of Maine.
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain died at age 85 in 1914 at Portland, Maine and is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Brunswick, Maine.
I see Chamberlain as my hero, because even young in life he knew what he wanted and went out and got it. But he also loved his country enough to go and serve it, even though he suffered personally because of it.
Scholar to War Hero
11-14-08
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was the first of the five children of Joshua and Sarah Dupee Chamberlain. He was born on September 8th 1828 in the town of Brewer Main.
Chamberlain learned to read young and in his early years of school worked to learn Ancient Greek. He did this because he was looking forward to going to a good college.
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine was the college he entered at age twenty. He was there from 1848 to 1852, four years later. Before he graduated, he met, and learned from some interesting people.
One of the people he met was Harriet Beecher Stowe, the writer famous for her book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”. Chamberlain actually listened as she read sections of her book before she decided to publish it.
Joshua Chamberlain graduated with honors from the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society and went on to Bangor Theological Seminary for three additional years of study before finding a place to start his career.
Fanny Adams was the adopted daughter of a local clergyman who Chamberlain married in 1855. They had five children, but one of them was born premature and two others died while still young.
He started out in a place familiar to him, his old school Bowdoin College, where he taught as a professor of rhetoric. After teaching every subject there, except science and mathematics, and could speak nine languages other than English: Greek, Latin, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Arabic, Hebrew, and Syrian. The war broke out.
The firing on Fort Sumpter stirred many men to go and join the army. This was the same for the young professor at the little college in Maine. When he went to enlist, he was offered the command of the 20th Maine Regiment as a Colonel.
He declined this offer, saying that he wanted to "start a little lower and learn the business first”. So instead of being in complete command of the 20th Maine, they simply made him second in command.
Now commissioned as a Lieutenant Colonel, and not knowing a thing about how to fight much less command, his regiment went out to war.
The 20th Maine was sent to the battle of Antietam. Where they did not do any fighting, but were kept as reserve. After Antietam they fought at the Battle of
Fredericksburg under General Ambrose Burnside, where the 20th lost some men in the assaults on Marye's Heights.
After Fredericksburg, Chamberlain was promoted to Colonel, and the 20th made their way down to Gettysburg. Where they were positioned on the far left, or south, end of the Union army.
The story of Little Round Top is well known to you, and you know that Chamberlain amazingly and bravely led his troops to a bayonet charge that saved the position, and possibly the battle.
Some time after these battles, Chamberlain got very sick due to war wounds. And General Ulysses S. Grant appointed him Brigadier General, expecting this to be more of an honorary rank since many thought Chamberlain was about to die. Chamberlain did not die and served diligently until the end of the war, even receiving the medal of honor for his services.
After the war Chamberlain went back to Maine, where he worked as the president of Bowdoin College until he no longer could due to sickness. Soon after his retirement, he served four terms, totaling four years, as the Governor of Maine.
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain died at age 85 in 1914 at Portland, Maine and is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in Brunswick, Maine.
I see Chamberlain as my hero, because even young in life he knew what he wanted and went out and got it. But he also loved his country enough to go and serve it, even though he suffered personally because of it.
Service of Honor
Service of Honor
10-26-08
The United States of America has been involved in many wars. Starting with the Revolutionary War at the birth of our country, and going all the way to today’s Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We are not proud of war, because it is never pretty. But war is necessary under certain circumstances. The people that fought in these wars were, and are, great men and women. In dangerous places and times they willingly sacrificed for their country.
My grandpa served on a battleship in the south pacific during World War II. While serving, he lost a lot of his hearing and can’t hear very well now. He spent a lot of time away from his family, and the things he experienced in his service still bother him today. But he served for his country and he is a better man because of it. I honor him because he has great knowledge and has sacrificed for his country.
There are many veterans that have served in wars. But there is a different kind of veteran to be honored.
Veteran - A person who is long experienced or practiced in an activity or capacity.
I would like to add that there are many kinds of veterans. There are veterans in all walks of life. They perform service in all they do, whether it is for specific people, or for a group.
Many people have long-time experience and perform strong service. For instance, my dad has never served in the military. But in his line of work as a counselor to young people, who need help with trauma and finding their way back into society, he performs service for many people, keeping families together and assisting individuals in their needs. I see my dad as a veteran not just because he is my father, but because he makes a difference as he helps other people in all that he does. And I see that as worthy of great honor.
I strive for service and expertise in everything I do. I try to do my duty in the Boy Scouts program, live up to the standards and guidelines that my parents have helped me set, and, ultimately, strive to keep to the strait and narrow path that God has set for me. And I do this because of the examples of great men and women.
Great Veterans.
Who deserve honor, and respect.
10-26-08
The United States of America has been involved in many wars. Starting with the Revolutionary War at the birth of our country, and going all the way to today’s Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We are not proud of war, because it is never pretty. But war is necessary under certain circumstances. The people that fought in these wars were, and are, great men and women. In dangerous places and times they willingly sacrificed for their country.
My grandpa served on a battleship in the south pacific during World War II. While serving, he lost a lot of his hearing and can’t hear very well now. He spent a lot of time away from his family, and the things he experienced in his service still bother him today. But he served for his country and he is a better man because of it. I honor him because he has great knowledge and has sacrificed for his country.
There are many veterans that have served in wars. But there is a different kind of veteran to be honored.
Veteran - A person who is long experienced or practiced in an activity or capacity.
I would like to add that there are many kinds of veterans. There are veterans in all walks of life. They perform service in all they do, whether it is for specific people, or for a group.
Many people have long-time experience and perform strong service. For instance, my dad has never served in the military. But in his line of work as a counselor to young people, who need help with trauma and finding their way back into society, he performs service for many people, keeping families together and assisting individuals in their needs. I see my dad as a veteran not just because he is my father, but because he makes a difference as he helps other people in all that he does. And I see that as worthy of great honor.
I strive for service and expertise in everything I do. I try to do my duty in the Boy Scouts program, live up to the standards and guidelines that my parents have helped me set, and, ultimately, strive to keep to the strait and narrow path that God has set for me. And I do this because of the examples of great men and women.
Great Veterans.
Who deserve honor, and respect.
Superstition
Superstition
10-24-08
Have you ever spilt salt? Bad, luck right? Well if you believe it, then go on ahead and counter it.
Spilling salt is one, of many superstition that have survived to this day. Superstition is pretty much anything that you believe in, especially if there is evidence against it.
So if superstition is anything that is simply believed in, many religions are just a lot of superstitions that have been grouped together under one name.
Of course, that means that just having simple faith doesn’t count much to some people. They all think that it’s just a bunch of superstitions.
So, how superstition plays a part in my life? I think I have already made it clear. Yeah, if your afraid of black cats (and I’m warning you one of my cats is black), or sometimes you avoid stepping on the cracks in the parking lot or on the sidewalk, then that’s all right.
But if you’re just using “Superstition” as an excuse to not have faith, or receive the gospel. Then you have a few problems to figure out.
So in final conclusion, superstition is fine. But like a whole lot of things, if it is used wrong. It has crossed a line and is no longer innocent fun, and then it isn’t fun at all.
Eli
10-24-08
Have you ever spilt salt? Bad, luck right? Well if you believe it, then go on ahead and counter it.
Spilling salt is one, of many superstition that have survived to this day. Superstition is pretty much anything that you believe in, especially if there is evidence against it.
So if superstition is anything that is simply believed in, many religions are just a lot of superstitions that have been grouped together under one name.
Of course, that means that just having simple faith doesn’t count much to some people. They all think that it’s just a bunch of superstitions.
So, how superstition plays a part in my life? I think I have already made it clear. Yeah, if your afraid of black cats (and I’m warning you one of my cats is black), or sometimes you avoid stepping on the cracks in the parking lot or on the sidewalk, then that’s all right.
But if you’re just using “Superstition” as an excuse to not have faith, or receive the gospel. Then you have a few problems to figure out.
So in final conclusion, superstition is fine. But like a whole lot of things, if it is used wrong. It has crossed a line and is no longer innocent fun, and then it isn’t fun at all.
Eli
Of the Son
Of the Son
10-26-08
There’s nothing you can do,
You shouldn’t even try
You haven’t got a clue
You could just sit and cry.
But deep inside you knew
It simply was a lie.
This time you’re at a loss
It comes to every knave
To all men it is gave
It sweeps just like a wave.
But triumphant from the cross,
We come up from the grave.
And for all men to live,
Through all that you have done
Through trips and trials spun.
Look to the holy one.
He can alone forgive,
Look ye apon the Son!
Eli Gardner
10-26-08
There’s nothing you can do,
You shouldn’t even try
You haven’t got a clue
You could just sit and cry.
But deep inside you knew
It simply was a lie.
This time you’re at a loss
It comes to every knave
To all men it is gave
It sweeps just like a wave.
But triumphant from the cross,
We come up from the grave.
And for all men to live,
Through all that you have done
Through trips and trials spun.
Look to the holy one.
He can alone forgive,
Look ye apon the Son!
Eli Gardner
Friday, November 7, 2008
J 15 A Brand New Year
A Brand New Year
11-7-08
Thursday evening, at about four o'clock, Josh, Jana and I were dropped off at our ward building by our mom. We were meeting there with the young men and young women to drive down to Salt Lake.
All the young men got into the Jenks' Blueberry (their blue fifteen passenger van) and we started off. We drove and drove until we got to downtown Salt Lake City, and searched out some parking for the Conference Center "event". The Blueberry was to tall to fit in the parking garage, so we went to the north side of our destination and found a parking spot on the side of the road.
When we got to the Conference Center, there were (as always) a lot of people there trying to get in. But we found our way in and got into some seats in the first balcony on the right.
It started out with a guy coming out and talking to us about how it was going to work. Because we were the crowd for this thing. So he introduced all the main actor people and stuff then said that the first thing that was going to happen was a little opening thing and then Elder Jeffery R. Holland was going to speak.
The opening song was pretty cool. But it was dwarfed by Elder Holland's talk, which was all about the "new year of 2009" but it was really good all the same.
Continued in the next entry.
Eli
11-7-08
Thursday evening, at about four o'clock, Josh, Jana and I were dropped off at our ward building by our mom. We were meeting there with the young men and young women to drive down to Salt Lake.
All the young men got into the Jenks' Blueberry (their blue fifteen passenger van) and we started off. We drove and drove until we got to downtown Salt Lake City, and searched out some parking for the Conference Center "event". The Blueberry was to tall to fit in the parking garage, so we went to the north side of our destination and found a parking spot on the side of the road.
When we got to the Conference Center, there were (as always) a lot of people there trying to get in. But we found our way in and got into some seats in the first balcony on the right.
It started out with a guy coming out and talking to us about how it was going to work. Because we were the crowd for this thing. So he introduced all the main actor people and stuff then said that the first thing that was going to happen was a little opening thing and then Elder Jeffery R. Holland was going to speak.
The opening song was pretty cool. But it was dwarfed by Elder Holland's talk, which was all about the "new year of 2009" but it was really good all the same.
Continued in the next entry.
Eli
Monday, October 27, 2008
J 14 Random
Random
10-27-08
I'm going to write about random stuff right now.
Here we go.
So far I have 17 words. No, wait, 21.
OK. We have a new dog! its name is Teddy, and he can do more fun tricks than Toby, although he is a lot smaller. 48.
I'm sorry that this is so late. but I got sick over the weekend and that's when I had pushed all the stuff to be done to.
So. PI is really cool. PI is aproximitly 3.14159263. I think. I'm up to 90 words.
So over all. Random. RANDOM! RANDOM! RANDOM! RANDOM! RANDOM!
Eli
10-27-08
I'm going to write about random stuff right now.
Here we go.
So far I have 17 words. No, wait, 21.
OK. We have a new dog! its name is Teddy, and he can do more fun tricks than Toby, although he is a lot smaller. 48.
I'm sorry that this is so late. but I got sick over the weekend and that's when I had pushed all the stuff to be done to.
So. PI is really cool. PI is aproximitly 3.14159263. I think. I'm up to 90 words.
So over all. Random. RANDOM! RANDOM! RANDOM! RANDOM! RANDOM!
Eli
Thursday, October 16, 2008
J 13 The Inheritance Cycle, Namely Eragon, Continued
Eragon Continued
10-16-08
First of all this is my 13th J this year, so if I die in a tragic accident later today, blame this and the writing class in general (Just kidding Sister Meeks).
Anyway, Eragon.
As they are traveling they find some poison stuff that the Raz'ac dropped while they were getting on some mysterious flying mounts. Brom has an idea to try and figure out where the Raz'ac are hiding by figuring out where the most poison is being shipped to.
Brom says that he has a friend in the trade business named Joed who can help them, he lives on the other side of the Spine mountain range on the sea.
When they get there and ask Joed about it he gets them into the archives so they can find out where the poison is going, it's going to a really big mud hole of a city on the inland side of the Spine called Dras'Leona.
When they get there they immediately realise where the Raz'acs hideout is, a huge pointy rock sticking strait out of the desert right by the city that the local heathen priests worship. The rock is called Hellgrind.
As they are looking for info of how to get at the Raz'ac, Eragon runs into one of them in the city and has to escape. After that they find out how to get to where they want and impersonate some slaves sent to Hellgrind with supplies. The Raz'ac capture them and as they are being freed from the creatures by an unknown aid, one of the Raz'ac hits Brom with an evil knife, the injury proves fatal later.
That's all for now.
Eli
10-16-08
First of all this is my 13th J this year, so if I die in a tragic accident later today, blame this and the writing class in general (Just kidding Sister Meeks).
Anyway, Eragon.
As they are traveling they find some poison stuff that the Raz'ac dropped while they were getting on some mysterious flying mounts. Brom has an idea to try and figure out where the Raz'ac are hiding by figuring out where the most poison is being shipped to.
Brom says that he has a friend in the trade business named Joed who can help them, he lives on the other side of the Spine mountain range on the sea.
When they get there and ask Joed about it he gets them into the archives so they can find out where the poison is going, it's going to a really big mud hole of a city on the inland side of the Spine called Dras'Leona.
When they get there they immediately realise where the Raz'acs hideout is, a huge pointy rock sticking strait out of the desert right by the city that the local heathen priests worship. The rock is called Hellgrind.
As they are looking for info of how to get at the Raz'ac, Eragon runs into one of them in the city and has to escape. After that they find out how to get to where they want and impersonate some slaves sent to Hellgrind with supplies. The Raz'ac capture them and as they are being freed from the creatures by an unknown aid, one of the Raz'ac hits Brom with an evil knife, the injury proves fatal later.
That's all for now.
Eli
Thursday, October 9, 2008
J 12 14
14
10-9-08
First of all I'd like to apologize for not getting this posted sooner, this will be explained more fully later in the paper.
10-9-08
First of all I'd like to apologize for not getting this posted sooner, this will be explained more fully later in the paper.
Yesterday was October Eighth. Yesterday was also my birthday! w00t!
14 is the lucky number (and it is sort of lucky if you think about it, you know, 7 x 2 and 7 is lucky? No? oh well doesn't matter), I figured out that I am also 5115 days old which is approximately 730.7 weeks old.
I said I would explain why this waited till today. Tuesday Jana and I got picked after Seminary and went strait to the dentist (our dentist is my dad's cousin or something like that and has his office in Syracuse). We were there from 10 am too 2 pm because there were five of us, that's 4 hours.
And then Wednesday was my birthday and I didn't get much done so.... That's my excuse, hope you like it.
Eli.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
My Great Leader
My Great Leader
9-22-08
Gordon B. Hinckley was born on June 23rd 1910 in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1961 after serving a mission in England, he was called to be an apostle of the church. He served as a councilor under presidents Kimball, Benson and Hunter. On March 12, 1995 he was called as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in that calling till his death on January 27, 2008.
So now I’ve listed all these things about president Hinckley, but the point of this paper is who I think is a great leader. I see Gordon B. Hinckley as an entertaining man, he has a sense of humor, but that humor is clean, and I respect the fact that he kept good clean standards throughout his life.
Another thing that I see in this great prophet is he was determined. When he became president of the church, he saw that one of the greatest necessities at that time was that there were not enough temples for the members of the church. Right now there are one hundred and twenty eight LDS temples on the earth, seventy-four of them were dedicated while he was prophet, and by the time of his death one hundred and twenty-four LDS temples were dedicated. Now that’s determination.
The last thing is, Gordon B. Hinckley is friendly. I don’t know many really good leaders that were unkind. I mean kindness as true kindness. Someone can be In Charge but they can still be kind. And that is exactly who Gordon B. Hinckley is.
Clean
Determined
Kind
He is my great leader.
Eli
9-22-08
Gordon B. Hinckley was born on June 23rd 1910 in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1961 after serving a mission in England, he was called to be an apostle of the church. He served as a councilor under presidents Kimball, Benson and Hunter. On March 12, 1995 he was called as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in that calling till his death on January 27, 2008.
So now I’ve listed all these things about president Hinckley, but the point of this paper is who I think is a great leader. I see Gordon B. Hinckley as an entertaining man, he has a sense of humor, but that humor is clean, and I respect the fact that he kept good clean standards throughout his life.
Another thing that I see in this great prophet is he was determined. When he became president of the church, he saw that one of the greatest necessities at that time was that there were not enough temples for the members of the church. Right now there are one hundred and twenty eight LDS temples on the earth, seventy-four of them were dedicated while he was prophet, and by the time of his death one hundred and twenty-four LDS temples were dedicated. Now that’s determination.
The last thing is, Gordon B. Hinckley is friendly. I don’t know many really good leaders that were unkind. I mean kindness as true kindness. Someone can be In Charge but they can still be kind. And that is exactly who Gordon B. Hinckley is.
Clean
Determined
Kind
He is my great leader.
Eli
Is it Right to React With Evil
When Evil is Being Done is it Right to React With Evil?
9-29-08
If there is a bully at your school and he is picking on the little kids there, many would say to gang up on him and beat him down.
Does that ever do any real good in the long run?
Sure it will save some other kids from the bully for a while but, what about the anger and hate that would be left stewing and boiling in the bully’s mind.
It’s roughly the same with a lot of things, war, theft, feuds, and many others. In most cases if the person or persons in charge of what’s happening are sat down and just, talked to. If the matter is taken care of diplomatically, hate, fear, or even loss of death can possibly be avoided.
But there are exceptions to this. Sometimes there are people that are so evil that they don’t actually care if they get beat down once or twice. The anger that ensues will just egg them on and their goal, whether to get revenge, to gain control, or even to save someone, will still be the only thing on their mind.
It is not necessarily evil to do some of the things I listed. Saving someone sounds like it should be a good thing. But when someone is doing it for the wrong reasons, if they are aiming to get control, or if they don’t care the means that they use to get it, then they become someone who should be taken care of at all costs.
Although this is true, it does not mean to kill someone just because they are picking on someone at school. Diplomacy is something that we are meant to use, before the fist, before the gun, before the harsh word.
Evil is evil, it must be taken care of. But much of the time the person themselves is not evil. Every soul is equal in the eye of the Lord. We should try to see all people like our savior does. Only he can judge.
Eli
9-29-08
If there is a bully at your school and he is picking on the little kids there, many would say to gang up on him and beat him down.
Does that ever do any real good in the long run?
Sure it will save some other kids from the bully for a while but, what about the anger and hate that would be left stewing and boiling in the bully’s mind.
It’s roughly the same with a lot of things, war, theft, feuds, and many others. In most cases if the person or persons in charge of what’s happening are sat down and just, talked to. If the matter is taken care of diplomatically, hate, fear, or even loss of death can possibly be avoided.
But there are exceptions to this. Sometimes there are people that are so evil that they don’t actually care if they get beat down once or twice. The anger that ensues will just egg them on and their goal, whether to get revenge, to gain control, or even to save someone, will still be the only thing on their mind.
It is not necessarily evil to do some of the things I listed. Saving someone sounds like it should be a good thing. But when someone is doing it for the wrong reasons, if they are aiming to get control, or if they don’t care the means that they use to get it, then they become someone who should be taken care of at all costs.
Although this is true, it does not mean to kill someone just because they are picking on someone at school. Diplomacy is something that we are meant to use, before the fist, before the gun, before the harsh word.
Evil is evil, it must be taken care of. But much of the time the person themselves is not evil. Every soul is equal in the eye of the Lord. We should try to see all people like our savior does. Only he can judge.
Eli
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
J 11 Eragon
Eragon
9-30-08
The Inheritance Cycle is a series of books about a young farmer named Eragon.
In the first book Eragon, Eragon finds a dragon egg in the mountains by his home. The egg hatches after he takes it home and he gets some information about dragons from Brom the local storyteller. Soon after, the Ra'zac (evil manlike creatures serving the emperor) come searching for the dragon. After severely injuring Eragon's Uncle Garrow and destroying their farm, they try to go after Saphira (Eragon's dragon) but Brom delays them. Eragon grabs some stuff gets Garrow back to the village and tries to go off to kill the Ra'zac by riding Saphira. Brom finds him and insists that he comes to and the go on horses.
They travel south and on the way they run into some trouble and Eragon discovers that he can use magic. Brom shows that he has some knowledge in magic and starts to teach Eragon how to properly use it.
That's enough for now. More later.
Eli
9-30-08
The Inheritance Cycle is a series of books about a young farmer named Eragon.
In the first book Eragon, Eragon finds a dragon egg in the mountains by his home. The egg hatches after he takes it home and he gets some information about dragons from Brom the local storyteller. Soon after, the Ra'zac (evil manlike creatures serving the emperor) come searching for the dragon. After severely injuring Eragon's Uncle Garrow and destroying their farm, they try to go after Saphira (Eragon's dragon) but Brom delays them. Eragon grabs some stuff gets Garrow back to the village and tries to go off to kill the Ra'zac by riding Saphira. Brom finds him and insists that he comes to and the go on horses.
They travel south and on the way they run into some trouble and Eragon discovers that he can use magic. Brom shows that he has some knowledge in magic and starts to teach Eragon how to properly use it.
That's enough for now. More later.
Eli
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
J 10 K-Seminary
K-Seminary
9-25-08
"Kinder" German for "Child." "Garten" German for, you guessed it, "Garden."
Why would I define Kindergarten for you? Well that's sort of the point of the whole paper.
I did go to public school... I know it's shocking.... Hamilton Elementary School in Port Angeles Washington. We lived about one block from the school when I was four years old, I was gonna be five in a few months but I was still early.
I do believe, although it is only my personal opinion, that I was the most knowledgeable kinder in the afternoon class that I was in, even though I was the shortest.
Any-who, my lovely mother discharged me from Kindergarten a bit after the new year of 2000. I was a little happy to tell the truth. Once I got reading down good, which was a month or so after enrolling (no thanks to the teacher who was gladly explaining to the rest of the class the different sounds of the letters), it all just got slow and boring, even recess wasn't fun because we youngsters only were aloud on the small playground, not the big jungle gym the older people went to.
Let's skip all the years in between to now, shall we?
Funnily enough if I had stayed in school, right now I would be in ninth grade. The grade that seminary starts.
Box Elder School District has many different levels of schools available. Elementary which is K-5, Intermediate 6-7, Middle 8-9, and High 10-12. Your first year of seminary should be in the middle school. But you see, my older sister Jana was already going to the high school for seminary and since it doesn't really matter where you go, you still get the same lesson, I go to the high school with my sister.
So to sum it all up in one sentence. I am eighth grade age, pretending to be a ninth grader, going to seminary at the school for tenth grade and up. Fun isn't it? I'm the only Deacon in my class (not for long).
I hope you find that interesting and/or funny. Because, I'll be frank, It took a long time to write.
Eli
9-25-08
"Kinder" German for "Child." "Garten" German for, you guessed it, "Garden."
Why would I define Kindergarten for you? Well that's sort of the point of the whole paper.
I did go to public school... I know it's shocking.... Hamilton Elementary School in Port Angeles Washington. We lived about one block from the school when I was four years old, I was gonna be five in a few months but I was still early.
I do believe, although it is only my personal opinion, that I was the most knowledgeable kinder in the afternoon class that I was in, even though I was the shortest.
Any-who, my lovely mother discharged me from Kindergarten a bit after the new year of 2000. I was a little happy to tell the truth. Once I got reading down good, which was a month or so after enrolling (no thanks to the teacher who was gladly explaining to the rest of the class the different sounds of the letters), it all just got slow and boring, even recess wasn't fun because we youngsters only were aloud on the small playground, not the big jungle gym the older people went to.
Let's skip all the years in between to now, shall we?
Funnily enough if I had stayed in school, right now I would be in ninth grade. The grade that seminary starts.
Box Elder School District has many different levels of schools available. Elementary which is K-5, Intermediate 6-7, Middle 8-9, and High 10-12. Your first year of seminary should be in the middle school. But you see, my older sister Jana was already going to the high school for seminary and since it doesn't really matter where you go, you still get the same lesson, I go to the high school with my sister.
So to sum it all up in one sentence. I am eighth grade age, pretending to be a ninth grader, going to seminary at the school for tenth grade and up. Fun isn't it? I'm the only Deacon in my class (not for long).
I hope you find that interesting and/or funny. Because, I'll be frank, It took a long time to write.
Eli
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
J 09 One Odd World
One Odd World
9-16-08
In the first chapter of Genesis it talks about how Heavenly Father created the earth. But in Moses 1:33 it states:
And worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose.
In that verse it says that God created worlds without number. So it says there is an infinite number of worlds, it also says that each one was made for a purpose.
So God created this earth. But it John 14:6 it states
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
If we assume that the other worlds God created had people on them and that Jesus atoned for all man’s sins, even the men on other worlds, we must count ourselves really special and/or lucky to be on the one world that Jesus actually came to.
You can either regard, or disregard all this. It’s just a thought and doesn’t really matter though, so if you think it’s really weird, that’s OK.
Eli
9-16-08
In the first chapter of Genesis it talks about how Heavenly Father created the earth. But in Moses 1:33 it states:
And worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose.
In that verse it says that God created worlds without number. So it says there is an infinite number of worlds, it also says that each one was made for a purpose.
So God created this earth. But it John 14:6 it states
I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
If we assume that the other worlds God created had people on them and that Jesus atoned for all man’s sins, even the men on other worlds, we must count ourselves really special and/or lucky to be on the one world that Jesus actually came to.
You can either regard, or disregard all this. It’s just a thought and doesn’t really matter though, so if you think it’s really weird, that’s OK.
Eli
My Allegiance
Where My Allegiance Lies
9-13-08
First of all, what is allegiance? Well according to the dictionary allegiance is:
Devotion or Loyalty. Especially to a Person, Group or Cause.
This means, to me, that allegiance is pretty much when you find something (usually a Person, Group or Cause) that you feel is a good thing, and then you devote yourself to it.
Take the Prophet Joseph Smith. In the time when he was searching for the right church and denomination to join he was devoted to finding the truth. And after he found the knowledge he was looking for he put all of his life into that work. And had complete, pure loyalty and allegiance to his Father in Heaven and his work.
So where does my allegiance lie? It lies in my family, my country, my friends and, most importantly, my Heavenly Father.
I hope that answers the question. And if it doesn’t, it doesn’t matter. The important thing is my testimony of the restored church and of my Father in Heaven.
Eli
9-13-08
First of all, what is allegiance? Well according to the dictionary allegiance is:
Devotion or Loyalty. Especially to a Person, Group or Cause.
This means, to me, that allegiance is pretty much when you find something (usually a Person, Group or Cause) that you feel is a good thing, and then you devote yourself to it.
Take the Prophet Joseph Smith. In the time when he was searching for the right church and denomination to join he was devoted to finding the truth. And after he found the knowledge he was looking for he put all of his life into that work. And had complete, pure loyalty and allegiance to his Father in Heaven and his work.
So where does my allegiance lie? It lies in my family, my country, my friends and, most importantly, my Heavenly Father.
I hope that answers the question. And if it doesn’t, it doesn’t matter. The important thing is my testimony of the restored church and of my Father in Heaven.
Eli
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
J 08 EJs
EJs
9-9-08
OK. Let me get strait to the point.
EJ is just a spin off!
J is what these things were called for a long time. And J is for "Journal Entry" and I think that's long enough.
So I'm going to keep calling them Js because that's cool.
No offence Sister Meeks, all in good fun, but I'm going to keep calling them Js.
And really Sister Meeks. No offence. I just couldn't really think of anything to write about.
And I hope all you other people that went to Writing Class last year will agree and stand behind me. And one more thing. Did any of you find the Grammar book rather easy? Or am I just my Mom's son?
Eli
PS My mom is an English Major :-)
9-9-08
OK. Let me get strait to the point.
EJ is just a spin off!
J is what these things were called for a long time. And J is for "Journal Entry" and I think that's long enough.
So I'm going to keep calling them Js because that's cool.
No offence Sister Meeks, all in good fun, but I'm going to keep calling them Js.
And really Sister Meeks. No offence. I just couldn't really think of anything to write about.
And I hope all you other people that went to Writing Class last year will agree and stand behind me. And one more thing. Did any of you find the Grammar book rather easy? Or am I just my Mom's son?
Eli
PS My mom is an English Major :-)
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
J 07 Rapelling 2
Rapelling 2
9-2-08
They got me all strapped up and buckled in and knots tied and all the other stuff they did. Then they told me to hold it here and move it there and do it like this.
Mind you none of this helped much.
But finally I was ready… or that’s what we all thought. Then they told me to back up. Back up over the edge mind you. And so I started towards the edge. I don’t think I’ve ever taken smaller slower backwards steps in my life. It took me a few times but… I got to the edge. Then I started leaning backwards! It took me a few times to get past that part to. Finally, I got down so I was almost leaning back real far on the wall, and I got about eighteen inches down the rock… and then wanted to come back up. But no… no, they wouldn’t let me so the only way to safety was down.
Well now I know that the first part, just coming off the edge is the hardest part. But I still liked the big smooth part after the overhang. Because you can “Jump” down it.
So Rapelling is fun and great and a bit scary but… I’d recommend it to anyone.
Eli
9-2-08
They got me all strapped up and buckled in and knots tied and all the other stuff they did. Then they told me to hold it here and move it there and do it like this.
Mind you none of this helped much.
But finally I was ready… or that’s what we all thought. Then they told me to back up. Back up over the edge mind you. And so I started towards the edge. I don’t think I’ve ever taken smaller slower backwards steps in my life. It took me a few times but… I got to the edge. Then I started leaning backwards! It took me a few times to get past that part to. Finally, I got down so I was almost leaning back real far on the wall, and I got about eighteen inches down the rock… and then wanted to come back up. But no… no, they wouldn’t let me so the only way to safety was down.
Well now I know that the first part, just coming off the edge is the hardest part. But I still liked the big smooth part after the overhang. Because you can “Jump” down it.
So Rapelling is fun and great and a bit scary but… I’d recommend it to anyone.
Eli
J 06 Rapelling
Rapelling
9-2-08
So I told you about how Gaylin Jenks and Brian Billings invested in climbing equipment.
But, you may ask, how does that relate to one of their Scouts?
Well, yesterday I headed over to the Jenks to see what was up and hang out a little. Some of their relatives were there. And they were just talking, eating some food and having fun. In the course of conversation White Rock came up. White Rock is a big White Rock on the side of the mountain that’s really fun to go to.
Well, when you talk about White Rock it always ends up that you plan on going there. So I said, “Ok let’s go. Right now.” One of the girl relatives there said, “I don’t really want to go.” But Gaylin persuaded her to go by saying that they might go rappelling.
From there Gaylin ended up calling Brian and then they decided to go down to “Ninth Street,” which essentially is a bunch of big rocks on the mountain at the top of Ninth Street in Ogden.
So we got all packed up in the Big Blue Van and started off.
When we finally got there, first it took forever for everyone to get up there, then even longer to get it set up, then people started going down. And then the very worst (but best) part came. My Turn.
Now I’m going to be mean/smart and make this five hundred word essay into two different essays, so read the other one to hear the rest.
Eli
9-2-08
So I told you about how Gaylin Jenks and Brian Billings invested in climbing equipment.
But, you may ask, how does that relate to one of their Scouts?
Well, yesterday I headed over to the Jenks to see what was up and hang out a little. Some of their relatives were there. And they were just talking, eating some food and having fun. In the course of conversation White Rock came up. White Rock is a big White Rock on the side of the mountain that’s really fun to go to.
Well, when you talk about White Rock it always ends up that you plan on going there. So I said, “Ok let’s go. Right now.” One of the girl relatives there said, “I don’t really want to go.” But Gaylin persuaded her to go by saying that they might go rappelling.
From there Gaylin ended up calling Brian and then they decided to go down to “Ninth Street,” which essentially is a bunch of big rocks on the mountain at the top of Ninth Street in Ogden.
So we got all packed up in the Big Blue Van and started off.
When we finally got there, first it took forever for everyone to get up there, then even longer to get it set up, then people started going down. And then the very worst (but best) part came. My Turn.
Now I’m going to be mean/smart and make this five hundred word essay into two different essays, so read the other one to hear the rest.
Eli
J 05 Climbing
Climbing
9-2-08
Gaylin Jenks and Brian Billings are two of my scout leaders. They are really good leaders and I like them a lot.
But about three months ago Gaylin and Brian decided that they were going to go get the training required to get the scouts their Climbing Merit Badge.
So they, Being themselves, Went out and spent four or five Hundred Dollars on Climbing equipment. Including: Two climbing helmets (about sixty bucks each), A total of about ten climbing carabiners (Five to Ten dollars each), Lots of random straps, gloves and other small gear and last but not least… a sixty meter rope which (the rope alone) cost them about a hundred twenty big fat juicy dollars.
So far they’ve enjoyed it, so I guess that it was worth it.
Eli
9-2-08
Gaylin Jenks and Brian Billings are two of my scout leaders. They are really good leaders and I like them a lot.
But about three months ago Gaylin and Brian decided that they were going to go get the training required to get the scouts their Climbing Merit Badge.
So they, Being themselves, Went out and spent four or five Hundred Dollars on Climbing equipment. Including: Two climbing helmets (about sixty bucks each), A total of about ten climbing carabiners (Five to Ten dollars each), Lots of random straps, gloves and other small gear and last but not least… a sixty meter rope which (the rope alone) cost them about a hundred twenty big fat juicy dollars.
So far they’ve enjoyed it, so I guess that it was worth it.
Eli
J 04 Star Wars Game 2
Star Wars Roleplaying Game 2
9-2-08
I am an Ewok.
In the Starwars Roleplaying Game (SPG) I am an Ewok.
My name is Khite Ameltah (I don't know how that should be pronounced, Do you?), I am a Fringer Class, I am .95 meters tall, I weigh 73 Kilograms (I think, I can't quite remember), I just leveled up (to level 2, Ya!) and I finally have something other than grenades (I got them in the beginning) I have a quarterstaff (well it's actually an eighthstaff, Mo and Jon decided an Ewok wouldn't be able to hold a quarterstaff so they made it smaller and less powerful and created the eighthstaff).
Oh yeah Mo (Moroni) is sort of the Game Master, the guy in charge of the storyline and everything that happens in the game, in training. Jon Brewer (his Cousin) is helping him and is involved in the story.
Eli
9-2-08
I am an Ewok.
In the Starwars Roleplaying Game (SPG) I am an Ewok.
My name is Khite Ameltah (I don't know how that should be pronounced, Do you?), I am a Fringer Class, I am .95 meters tall, I weigh 73 Kilograms (I think, I can't quite remember), I just leveled up (to level 2, Ya!) and I finally have something other than grenades (I got them in the beginning) I have a quarterstaff (well it's actually an eighthstaff, Mo and Jon decided an Ewok wouldn't be able to hold a quarterstaff so they made it smaller and less powerful and created the eighthstaff).
Oh yeah Mo (Moroni) is sort of the Game Master, the guy in charge of the storyline and everything that happens in the game, in training. Jon Brewer (his Cousin) is helping him and is involved in the story.
Eli
J 03 Star Wars Game
Star Wars Roleplaying Game
9-2-08
What do you get when you mix four or five kinds of dice, George Lucas, A bunch of stats on some paper, A few eager and slightly crazy players and an interesting story that Moroni Jenks makes p as he goes along?
You get the Starwars Rolplaying game.
This game is really fun, and REALLY flexible. Meaning you run the game mostly with your imagination and knowing a bit about you Character (the person you are roleplaying in the game, not your actual real life character), which is rather easy because you have complete control over the building and shaping of your Character.
Eli
9-2-08
What do you get when you mix four or five kinds of dice, George Lucas, A bunch of stats on some paper, A few eager and slightly crazy players and an interesting story that Moroni Jenks makes p as he goes along?
You get the Starwars Rolplaying game.
This game is really fun, and REALLY flexible. Meaning you run the game mostly with your imagination and knowing a bit about you Character (the person you are roleplaying in the game, not your actual real life character), which is rather easy because you have complete control over the building and shaping of your Character.
Eli
Monday, August 25, 2008
J 02 Seminary
Seminary
8-25-08
I woke up this morning at seven o'clock and thought to myself. "Today is the day that school starts"
For me that means Seminary.
I had to rush to get ready and eat breakfast by Seven Thirty, which is when our ride (Sam Jenks in his Berreta) comes to pick us (Me and Jana) up (Until Wednesday because Jana will have her drivers license WOO).
We got there about ten minutes early (which was ok), and they were just doing there morning Devotional for the kids going to school.
We sat through that and then waited as the other people came in. After everyone was there the Teachers started us off.
They had a funny video to introduce themselves were they had stuck the heads of the different teachers on famous people in the Olympics this year. It was fun.
Then they introduced the Seminary Theme Scripture for this year. Revelations 3:20.
So I still don't know what teacher I have, but that's ok. I'll find out tomorrow.
Eli
8-25-08
I woke up this morning at seven o'clock and thought to myself. "Today is the day that school starts"
For me that means Seminary.
I had to rush to get ready and eat breakfast by Seven Thirty, which is when our ride (Sam Jenks in his Berreta) comes to pick us (Me and Jana) up (Until Wednesday because Jana will have her drivers license WOO).
We got there about ten minutes early (which was ok), and they were just doing there morning Devotional for the kids going to school.
We sat through that and then waited as the other people came in. After everyone was there the Teachers started us off.
They had a funny video to introduce themselves were they had stuck the heads of the different teachers on famous people in the Olympics this year. It was fun.
Then they introduced the Seminary Theme Scripture for this year. Revelations 3:20.
So I still don't know what teacher I have, but that's ok. I'll find out tomorrow.
Eli
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
J 01 Writing Class
Writing Class 2008 - 2009
8-20-08
This year in Polar Star one of the classes that I'm taking is the Writing class, done (as last year) by Ann Meeks.
In the Writing Class one of the assignments that you have is to write Journal Entries or "J's" (or at least that's what they were called last year) a few times a week.
This year is the same except that you do it online using a Blog program.
A J has to be at least one hundred Words long, and can be about anything you want.
So that's what I'm doing.
I think writing J's is fun. Try it.
Eli.
8-20-08
This year in Polar Star one of the classes that I'm taking is the Writing class, done (as last year) by Ann Meeks.
In the Writing Class one of the assignments that you have is to write Journal Entries or "J's" (or at least that's what they were called last year) a few times a week.
This year is the same except that you do it online using a Blog program.
A J has to be at least one hundred Words long, and can be about anything you want.
So that's what I'm doing.
I think writing J's is fun. Try it.
Eli.
Monday, August 18, 2008
The Starting School Year
School.
A word that a lot of young people, from Kindergarten, to a Senior in High School don't really like.
And school is about to start. Next Monday, is when the schools start where I live, The doors to the various levels of schools open up and receive the excited, nervous, tiered, unprepared and surprised kids who, for all of summer, haven't had to think about getting up early, making it to all their individual classes, seeing all the people that they hadn't seen for the summer and homework. Something that many people are definitely not looking forward to.
You're probably thinking, Why is he talking about that stuff? He's home-schooled isn't he?
Well, I have school to. I already said that I go to Polar Star. And even though that's just on Mondays, the homework and assignments are meant to last all the rest of the week.
Plus, I also am starting Seminary this year. For those that don't know, Seminary is extra Religious Education, for members of the LDS Church, that is at the same time as school for boys and girls fourteen trough eighteen.
I've never gone to Seminary before so I'm really excited.
So My school year is just as "interesting" as many people who do Public School.
Anyway. School is about to start.
YAAAAAAA! AHHHHHHH!
A word that a lot of young people, from Kindergarten, to a Senior in High School don't really like.
And school is about to start. Next Monday, is when the schools start where I live, The doors to the various levels of schools open up and receive the excited, nervous, tiered, unprepared and surprised kids who, for all of summer, haven't had to think about getting up early, making it to all their individual classes, seeing all the people that they hadn't seen for the summer and homework. Something that many people are definitely not looking forward to.
You're probably thinking, Why is he talking about that stuff? He's home-schooled isn't he?
Well, I have school to. I already said that I go to Polar Star. And even though that's just on Mondays, the homework and assignments are meant to last all the rest of the week.
Plus, I also am starting Seminary this year. For those that don't know, Seminary is extra Religious Education, for members of the LDS Church, that is at the same time as school for boys and girls fourteen trough eighteen.
I've never gone to Seminary before so I'm really excited.
So My school year is just as "interesting" as many people who do Public School.
Anyway. School is about to start.
YAAAAAAA! AHHHHHHH!
Friday, August 8, 2008
Help Me Decide :-(
Ok, now that I've said that I enjoyed summer, what else to say... hmm.
My Dad made a comment on Summer Fun, my last post, that I had to decide whether to go to Wind Rivers with the young men, or to go to Bear Lake with Polar star.
I would appreciate everyones input on which one to go to. Here are the facts.
Both trip are "overnighters" starting next Tuesday
The Polar Star trip will only be one night
The Wind Rivers will be four nights
There will be swimming in Bear Lake
There most likely won't be any swimming at Wind Rivers
I have already been on two weeks of camping with my ward
I haven't seen anyone from Polar Star in months
Wind Rivers will have tons of fishing
During the Polar Star trip they will go to see a Shakespeare Melodrama at the Pickleville Dinner Theater
They will be sleeping in a cabin at Bear Lake
Tents at Wind Rivers.
That's pretty much all the things I can think of. Just for info, I'm sort of leaning towards the Polar Star trip right now.
Please tell me what YOU would do as soon as possible.
Eli
My Dad made a comment on Summer Fun, my last post, that I had to decide whether to go to Wind Rivers with the young men, or to go to Bear Lake with Polar star.
I would appreciate everyones input on which one to go to. Here are the facts.
Both trip are "overnighters" starting next Tuesday
The Polar Star trip will only be one night
The Wind Rivers will be four nights
There will be swimming in Bear Lake
There most likely won't be any swimming at Wind Rivers
I have already been on two weeks of camping with my ward
I haven't seen anyone from Polar Star in months
Wind Rivers will have tons of fishing
During the Polar Star trip they will go to see a Shakespeare Melodrama at the Pickleville Dinner Theater
They will be sleeping in a cabin at Bear Lake
Tents at Wind Rivers.
That's pretty much all the things I can think of. Just for info, I'm sort of leaning towards the Polar Star trip right now.
Please tell me what YOU would do as soon as possible.
Eli
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Summer Fun
This is my first try at blogging, so it probably won't be the best.
First of all, I should say I am really enjoying summer.
Oh I know that sounds Cheesy but, I am. So far it's been fun (even though so far is allmost gone). I have been on two week long camps with scouts (one right after the other), I enjoy being ot of school (I go to a private co-op school called Polar Star so it hasn't been real school, but who cares) because I don't have to worry about asignments all the time and get to hang with my friends a whole heck of a lot more.
Even though summer is starting to peak and roll off in the other direction, the past, there's still enough left to have some fun.
Fun to me means: Sleeping in (usually till nine-thirty or ten), Jumping on our trampoline (it's bright green), playing a few computer games (we only have computers), playing with / anoying my siblings (all four of them), Hangging with my friends, Riding motorized vehicals, Camping and now Blogging.
Well now you know what I like to do in the summer. How about you, comment to tell me.
Eli.
First of all, I should say I am really enjoying summer.
Oh I know that sounds Cheesy but, I am. So far it's been fun (even though so far is allmost gone). I have been on two week long camps with scouts (one right after the other), I enjoy being ot of school (I go to a private co-op school called Polar Star so it hasn't been real school, but who cares) because I don't have to worry about asignments all the time and get to hang with my friends a whole heck of a lot more.
Even though summer is starting to peak and roll off in the other direction, the past, there's still enough left to have some fun.
Fun to me means: Sleeping in (usually till nine-thirty or ten), Jumping on our trampoline (it's bright green), playing a few computer games (we only have computers), playing with / anoying my siblings (all four of them), Hangging with my friends, Riding motorized vehicals, Camping and now Blogging.
Well now you know what I like to do in the summer. How about you, comment to tell me.
Eli.
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