Monday, May 29, 2017

The School Play

Last week was the school play. I was in it and it was super fun. I had lots of parts and stuff and I needed something to post about so I'll just write about my costume and what I did for each part. The show was Jason and the Argonauts. If you haven't heard of it, it's a greek myth about a boy named Jason who's aunt has the throne of his kingdom (I was the aunt). Jason wants the throne because he is the heir to it and it is his turn to rule. So his aunt sends him to do tasks and in return she will give him the throne. She sends him to bring her the golden fleece. And along the way Jason gets a bout, a crew and encounters many friends and foes.

FIRST
I was queen Pelias. I was Jason's aunt and I sent him on the quest to get the golden fleece.
I wore this costume... I also wore it around the house for two hours when I got it because I'm obsessed. I also had a crown and a scepter. 
SECOND
I was part of the hellespont dance. everyone had to run around in 2 circles with the "boat" in the middle. It was supposed to look like a storm. We all just wore all black. That scene wasn't all that interesting.

THIRD 
I was a giant I wore a shirt that sort of just looked like a scrap of fabric. I carried around a huge blow up club. I looked pretty silly. Also we all had to sing:
"FEE FI,
FO FUM,
IT'S TIME TO FILL OUR TUMS,
IT'S TIME TO EAT,
THEY SMELL QUITE GREEK
YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM
It was kind of silly but still fun.
FOURTH 
I was part of the Simple Glades. Which I know sorta sounds like single ladies. That parody was already made. We wore all black. We were supposed to look like clashing rocks. We spun a lot. That scene wasn't all that interesting either.
FIFTH
I was an amazon warrior. That scene was really cool we wore all black and there was a super cool dance. I got to leap and then jump onto the stage and spin past another girl then run in a circle and then do a round off and jump off the stage. Everyone got to do a solo trick then jump off the stage. Then I jumped back onto the stage and we walked in a line in the shape of an 8. Then there was another solo section and I did a front handspring.  We all had to wear something on our heads to make us all match.
SIXTH
I was a dancer on the isle of Colcus. I had to do the grapevine, turn in a circle and do jazz hands.
SEVENTH 
I was a villager. I had to scream and run away from fire breathing oxen.
EIGHTH
I was a dragon tooth that was sewn into the soil then I rose to attack Jason with all the other cast members.
And finally, NINTH
I was queen Pelias again and I gave Jason his throne.

Monday, May 22, 2017

Leaves

You should read the post before this first!!!
As I said in my last post the prompt for this post is Leaves. This is the story of a leaf.

I am Emerson Maple.
I am a leaf.
I live on a maple tree- duh
with my many brothers and sisters.
We have a happy life for the most part
here is the story of my life.

SPRING
This is when I bloom.
I am new! 
I am ready and excited to see the world!
I feel the days of warmth of sun
and the days of coolness and rain.
I love them both.
The sun warms my fibers,
and the rain moisturizes me.
Spring is fun.

SUMMER
The days are longer
The nights are shorter
The sun is shining 
It's noticeably warmer.
or at least thats what the Phineas and Ferb movie says.
A warm breeze or a gentle rain 
I love the Summer.

FALL
The fall is beautiful for a few days 
everyone around me is turning beautiful colors.
Then I do 
We are all beautiful and happy for a few days.
Than everyone starts to die.
And I am the last to go. 
Goodbye world 
we had a good run.

WINTER
I'm dead in Winter
I have nothing left to say.

-Emerson Maple

-WARNING- This post may contain content to silly for some audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.

Hey guess what's different about the prompt for the next post! Or don't. I don't really care if you guess or not. Because whether or not you do guess, I won't know! Wow that was a really good point! Thanks voice inside my head! Heh Heh...I mean... Umm... Uhh... Whaaaaat? You saw nothing. Yeah! SHHHH! I mean did you hear something? Because I sure didn't. Because that would mean I have voices in my head. And that would mean I'm crazy. We're I'm not crazy!!! Yeah! SHUT UP! Anywho. You should just tell them what's different about the prompt for the next post they seem to be getting annoyed with us. Oh yeah! Hey wait! Did I not just tell you to SHUT UP!!! What's different about the prompt for the next post is- She thought it up herself!!! Please don't yell at me. Ugh I give up. The prompt is: Leaves and I've got, what I think is going to be, a pretty good story for you. See you next time. Byeeee

This Weekend and Last Weekend all Rolled up Into One Post (Jeez that's a long title! Oops now I'm making it longer!)

LAST WEEKEND...
I didn't do a whole lot last weekend. On Saturday I went to rehearsal for a play I'm in. I'll talk about that in a post later. Since rehearsal was at the same time as my riding lesson, as it has been for the past many weeks, I took my lesson on Sunday. It was an amazing lesson. I cantered over a one foot course with Tucker, the highest I've jumped is 1 foot 6 inches, which was really cool because I hadn't ever cantered over a whole course before. And then after the lesson I rode Tucker bareback which I've done before but this time was extra fun. Nobody else in the lesson barebacked their horses for very long so I was in the arena alone with Tucker so I put the reins down and let him wander around. I also tried to direct him around with my legs but he hasn't been trained in bareback so it didn't work out very well, but that's ok. It was a very good lesson over all.
THIS WEEKEND...
This weekend I had rehearsal on Saturday again. We're getting close to the play so it was a dress rehearsal which means COSTUMES!!! I love costumes especially mine for this play.
And on Sunday I had a riding lesson on Tucker. It wasn't a great lesson but it wasn't bad or anything, Tucker just wasn't very responsive to what I was telling him to do. But that's alright all horses have their days. I had a different teacher in that lesson. Her name is Marissa I knew her from around the barn but I had never had her as a teacher before. She's SOOOO nice. 

Anywho those were my two most recent weekends... Hope you enjoyed

A Poem from a Raindrop

I haven't posted in a while, I've been pretty busy. Here's a poem that came out of a prompt given to me once again Sophia Stordahl the one and only. I don't think I'm a very good poet but thats ok because it's fun to try anyway. Hey! that rhymed maybe I'm a better poet than I thought (Not really 😂 ) The prompt was: Something about rain. A pretty vague prompt but I came up with something from it so that's ok!!!
Think about a raindrop.
Watch it flying high,
then falling from above.
When the winds do blow,
Watch the raindrops flow.
They fall down below.
Watch the flowers grow
grow
grow
glow
Watch a flying raindrop
drip, dripping from the sky.
Watch it go by,
but never wonder why.

This is Marvin the raindrop, signing off.

Monday, May 8, 2017

A note from a Paper Weight

I have been going around and asking my friends for writing prompts. The last one was   from a friend named Sophia. This writing prompt was brought to you by Elise               Kumasaka. The prompt: Paper Weights. She was reading a book called paper weight when I asked her for a prompt so anywho... here I go. Also this is supposed to look like its on a lined sheet of paper. How'd I do?

 Hello, my name is Edward Sullivan. and in case you were wondering yes. Yes I am a paper weight. I have a sad, disappointing, depressing, lonely, un-purposeful life. I am moved from paper to paper without a care it's like the peoples don't even know that I'm there. Hey that rhymed! But the peoples wouldn't care, because they don't even know О that  I'm there. Oh wait I already said that didn't I? Oh bother. I'm sorry, I'm not a very good conversationalist But I don't get much practice in speaking to people. No one talks to me. No one notices me. No one cares.  No one even knows that I'm there...s. I don't even care that I've already said that I just wanted to make my statement rhyme. But it doesn't  matter because no one will read this. No one talks to me. No one notices me. No one cares.  No one even knows that I'm theres. It's like I said: I am a paper weight,  I have a sad, disappointing, depressing, lonely, un-purposeful life.                                                               Please notice me...                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                           
-Edward Sullivan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Crickets

I. Hate. Crickets. They are awful little creatures. They are creepy and crawly and icky and they get out of their cage and into my house. I would have nothing to do with them if it weren't for three of my favorite beings in the world. Harriet, Hermione and Murray. They are leopard geckos so they eat crickets which means I have to deal with them. Harriet and Hermione are the science class pets at my school. And Murray is my gecko. And guess what? They all love crickets yaaaay 😭 . I have 4 main reasons for hating crickets. 
Number 1: The big ones are super annoying because they make noise normal people call it chirping, I call it cricketing.
Number 2: They smell really weird 
Number 3: I mentioned this already but it's one of the reasons I hate them. They get out of their cage and into my house. I've found 3 and my dad has found 1. Ick.
Number 4: To be honest they just freak me out. they're creepy little crawly things and I just... BLEH!!!