My Story (Take Three)

Hey! I'm sorry that I haven't posted for so long, but here's the next two chapters!<:)

Chapter Five

The Test

Sevil sat himself down at the table on the other side of the room. “No way are you sitting down”, Facts said. “The test is outside. It hasn’t been inside since 953 B.C., the time of the Holma tribe. Boy, they were chaotic.” Outside? Was there an outside in Mohalen? I guess there is if the test is outside, Sevil thought. I guess I should check it out. “But I have a family waiting for me to come home! I can’t make a commitment to stay here all of my life!” He protested. “I forgot to tell you-no time passes in your world, even if you stay here for your life.” Facts answered.

He had been waiting for hours. In fact, it was almost dark out. Facts had brought him to a sort of indoor outdoors. At least, that was the best description Sevil could make. It was a sort of indoor garden in the shape of a circle with a big fancy domes glass roof. It also smelled wonderful, and Facts referred to it as “The atrium”.

Anyway, Facts had left him there with the parting words of “Wait”. Since then, he had waited. All of a sudden, he heard a ding. It was the sort of ding one would hear from an elevator in a fancy hotel. He looked over. Five computers had materialized from what had been a sort of mango tree. He recognize Coalber, Foalber, and Facts. The other two were very official looking. “Let me introduce to you High Black Master Tayboo and High Brown Commander Salamander Meander.”, he said. “You may call me Mr. Ander”, said the smaller but shinier of the new computers. “It is quite a long name to say a lot.” Sevil looked at the other computer. “You must be Tayboo,” he said. “Indeed I am, young computewarrior, Indeed I am.” Responded the other computer.

Sevil was led into a room full of computers. “Sit there.”, said Coalber, gesturing to a hard-looking chair. Sevil sat. His butt hit the plastic, and it instantly molded to cradle his caboose. “Wow!”, he exclaimed. “That’s comfy!” He was really comfortable in that chair. “Just an example of our superior technology here in Mohalen. Wait till you see our new Hereship 3000!” blurted Foalber. “Now, don’t go giving stuff away before he passes the Tortureator! shushed Coalber.
“What?” asked Sevil.
“Oh, it’s really nothing. Just a little joke between the two of us. Don’t go worrying yourself about anything just yet. It’s really not a big deal.” replied Foalber.
“Anyway,” Mr. Ander interjected, “Toodaloo!”
As the computers left the room,(or bashkel, as Sevil later learned they called it), handcuffs sprang up from the chair. As they wrapped around Sevil’s arms, he shouted after the computers, “Hey! I trusted you!” A computer appeared on an overhead TV. It was Coalber. “Of course, and now we can torture you! Oh, how I love earthlingburgers!, Yes, I just love the stuff! So juicy!”
“Oh, yes, so sweet!” said Foalber from somewhere nearby.
“Now, just a minute! You’re not Colber or Foalber! you’re just...just...Images! That’s it, you’re Images!” he said this last part with finality.
“Very intuitive.”, said Tayboo, who had just entered the room. As the handcuffs sprang out of Sevil’s exsistence back into the arms of the chair, he rubbed his chafed wrists. “You have passed the first test and earned the rank of Low White Trainee. If you are like almost everybody else in this facility, you will fly up to at least to High Blue Lieutenant, but maybe even purple, brown, or black. that remains to be seen. Now, for a feast!

Chapter Six

Levels

Oh, the smells! Sevil was a full 100 yards from the banquet hall, and it smelled great. “Wow!”, he exclaimed. “This already tastes good, and I haven’t even seen it!”
“Yes, Sir Trinkle is a good cook, but he is an even better robo fighter!” Sevil thought that that was an understatement. Then they entered the main banquet hall. But this wasn’t a banquet. It was a BANQUET. Yes, it was enormous. Platters of ham, steak, caviar, and the chef’s special, hamburgers with bacon, cheese, mustard, ketchup, onions, lettuce, tomato, and every other burger topping under the sun on both Earth and Mohalen. Also, there was chicken, turkey, and all sorts of other fowl. But the strangest thing he saw was by far the gears. Plates and plates of big gears, small gears, and any gear in between. “What are the gears for?” asked Sevil. “Well, you earthlings may eat meat, but us computers only eat gears, us being machines and all. Oh! I didn’t notice the portabella gears! Yum!” With that, they all fell upon the plates of food.

After the feast, Sevil was stuffed. Well, come to think of it, that was an understatement. He was STUFFED. Also, he was more knowledgeable. He had learned about the different ranks, or levels. All computewarriors started out as Low White Trainees. Then, as you made your way up the ranks, you became first a Low White Soldier, then a Low White Private, then a Middle White Colonel, then Middle White Lieutenant, Then either a High White Lieutenant, or a High White Commander. Then the same for orange, red, blue, green, purple, brown, and black. The only difference was that the only Trainees and Soldiers were White. Otherwise there were no differences. After High Black Commander, you would become a High Black Admiral, then a High Computemaster. To stress how rare these last two are, for two hundred years of this system, there have only been 7 High Computemasters and 12 High Black Admirals. And after that, you became an Ultimate High Master of the Arts. (UHMA). There have only ever been 3 of those.

Anyway, Sevil was now in his barracks. He was Low White Trainee     

9442, and he was readier than a burned chicken.     

Here is More of my Story... Chapters three and four

Here is another two chapters of my story. ENJOY.

Chapter Three

The Discovery

“Yes, I know what you are thinking. It is true. I am a talking computer.”

    “Ahhh!” This time it was his mom. She was screaming and running. “Good.” said the computer. “Now it is just us. Let’s get down to business.” Whoa. First a vanishing website about his family. Now a talking computer that can hear you and your thoughts. What next?

“Okay then.” The computer’s words jolted Sevil out of his thoughts. “Let’s get going. You have a lot to learn, Apprentice Geekology Computer Master. Or, If you prefer, AGCM.” Geekology Computer Master. What kind of a thing is that? Thought Sevil. Then the computer started speaking again. “Now for the ceremony of apprenticeship. Repeat after me. ‘I, Sevil Binsley, agree to respect and defend the study of computer geekology as an apprentice, and to work my hardest to become the high computer master.’ Got it?”
    “Yes, but I need to know what you are talking about first.”
    “More on that later. Repeat what I just said. Then I will tell you more.”
Sevil repeated what the computer had just said. master.’ Got it?”
    “Yes, but I need to know what you are talking about first.”
    “More on that later. Repeat what I just said. Then I will tell you more.”
Sevil repeated what the computer had just said.

Chapter Four

Face Facts

“Come with me.” The computer commanded. “I need to show you the training dojo.” Dojo? This was getting weirder and weirder. “Okay?” Sevil said hesitantly. “I guess.” The last part was under his breath. “I heard that.” The computer said. “By the way, you can call me Coalber.” Coalber paused. “Now grab onto me and close your eyes.” Sevil obeyed. Whoosh! He could feel what felt like wind on his face. If wind was wet.


    When Sevil opened his eyes, he was in an office-like room with a desk in the corner. Coalber was on the desk along with another computer. “Okay then. Welcome to the apprenticeship dojo. We will train here every day. See that other computer? That’s Foalber. He will be co-training you along with me.” So many sounds. Foalber was emitting nature noises. “Now for our training. There’s a lot of explaining to do.” said Coalber.
“Just get to the point.” Sevil was getting impatient.

“Whatever you say. First off, we are in Monhalen. Monhalen is a world parallel to your own. Computer made by the Monha clan are the only things that can make the jump over realm canyons. Realm canyons are canyons of nothingness in between worlds.”

    “Now to meet Facts.” This time it was Foalber. “Facts is the leader of our realm. Come.” Foalber sprouted legs and jumped onto the ground. Sevil followed the computer down a hallway.



    Sevil was facing a computer. It was bigger and shinier than Foalber or Coalber. “Hello, otherworlder. How are you?” It was Facts.
    “I am fine. What is this all about?”
    “You are an apprentice learning to fight against the evil computer destroying baron, Cylmone. You will take a test to test your computer proficiency.” Sevil was confused. “Now for the test. Are you ready?”
Sevil was ready.

My Model

I have been working on a model of the USS Arizona Pacific fleet battleship. Here is a slideshow of step by step. Enjoy.


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I am writing a story... Here are chapters one+two

Hey there! Sorry I haven't added to the blog for a while. No time. Anyway, I have been writing a story in my free time. Here are the first two chapters. I will try to post more when I write a few more chapters. See if you like this so far.

Chapter One

Afraid of Everything

    Sevil jumped down from the highest platform. Home. Sevil Binsley wasn’t much of a climber. He had always loved standing on solid ground. “Hey Sev!” called Owen. “Cummere! I just found a toad!” Toad? Ack! Sevil had never liked anything slimy either. Sevil didn’t like much of anything.

That is why Owen Miller had found a toad in the first place. Owen. Owen Miller had met Sevil in Kindergarten. They became friends after a fight in first grade. Now they were in fifth grade and good friends, too. Sevil was trying to face his fears. That meant that every day at recess, he and Owen were not playing. He climbed,(to attack his fear of heights), and Owen would find worms and toads and anything slimy,(for the fear of slimyness). Rrrriiinnggg!!!! “Sorry Owen! No time for the toad! Sevil cried as he ran to the door. Secretly, Sevil was glad. He couldn’t stand toads.



    Back in the classroom, Sevil was working on a report. He was researching world population and how much it increases every day, and multiplying that by 365 or 366 to see how much it changes every year.
“Hey Sevil!” that was Mrs. Wittington. “I have a challenge for you!”
Sevil groaned.“Sevil, you know the drill. Greet any challenge with a smile!”
“Oh fine.” Sevil said. “Tell me the challenge.”
“Find the answer for a decade, century, and millenia on how much population increases. Maybe even try farther than that.”



Boooop! “Students going on bus 28, you are dismissed! Have a nice weekend!” Sevil was relieved. That bus call meant 48 hours or more of video games, food, and sleeping for him. Yay! He thought.



    At home, Sevil was exhausted. He had just spent four hours playing video games. WINNER!!!!! The screen flashed. Finally! He had beaten Mr. Gummy Bear X-Treme 3rd edition!

Chapter Two

Family Research

    A month had passed. Sevil was at school doing another research project. This time it was about his family history. He had just found a whole wedsite about the Binsley family. It said: “The name ‘Binsley’ originated around the year 1678. That was when Mrs. Allison T. Ley was married to Mr. Albert L. Bins. The ‘Loony Bin’ is named after Mr. Bins.” Wow! Sevil was distantly related to a loony bin! Actually, now that he thought about it, he was also closely related to a loony bin. His sister!



    “Loony bin, loony bin, Sevil is a loony bin! chanted Omara. Maybe he shouldn’t have told Owen that particular piece of family history. He should’ve known. Owen was friends with the mockingbird Omara. But then, it was pretty cool that there was a website about his family.



  
At home, he asked his mom, “Did you know that there is a website about the Binsley family history?”
“No, honey, I didn’t. Show it to me. I am very excited.” she said. So Sevil typed in the URL address, but the computer didn’t recognize it. “What the...” Sevil exclaimed. “What boggledemorf is that! I saw that website four hours ago! it can’t just disappear like that!”
“Yes it can.” Sevil paused. “Was that you, mom?” He asked. “No. Was it you?” How strange. It wasn’t him. It wasn’t his mom. Nobody else was in the house. The voice had come from nowhere. Unless...

The Puzzle Challenge Begins...

Hey there! So yesterday when I was looking for something to do, I decided that it would be fun to do a contest on my blog. But we found out that would not really be possible. But then I had an idea. Once every few days, I could post a mystery that I wrote, and then a few days later I could post the answer. Anyway, here is the first mystery:

 The other day, my friend and I were walking down the street. My friend, (His name is Fred A. Doogong), said to me,"Hey, Joe. Do you hear that siren? I think that is a police's siren. Let's go check it out!" So we decided to to walk toward the sound. Eventually, we got to the source of the noise-the bank! In front of the bank, there were three policemen and five people. One of the people was yelling. He was saying: "I tell ya, I didn't do it! I was innocently walking down the street-" Just then, another friend of mine, David, walked by. He said, "Hey Joe, I thought you guys were coming over for the evening. How about we watch this on TV at my place."
  "Okay", I said, figuring that we could find out more at when we watched TV.
  When we got to David's house, I turned on the TV right away. The TV reporter was saying that someone had stolen $5,000.00 from the bank. Only one out of five of the suspects would talk. The one that would talk said that he couldn't have done it because he was walking home from the airport in town after coming home from China. He said that in China he had hiked Mount Everest. He also said that he didn't have his luggage because his wife was driving all of it home for him. While he was saying all this three of the other suspects kept straight faces and one smiled. All of a sudden, I said,"David, Fred! I know who robbed the bank! Call the police!
                                                     Who did it, and how did I know?   


The answer is: The guy who would talk talked too much; Mount Everest isn't in China, it's in Tibet and Nepal!

Fishing at Groton

A few days ago, we had a bit of a family  reunion at Groton State Park. Anyway, my dad and I brought our fishing gear with us, thinking that it might be nice to have grilled trout. (We camped on Kettle Pond). So, when we went out fishing the day we got there it was too bad that we went out fishing at about 4:00 in the afternoon. (Fish only feed at sunrise and sunset). So, the second, (and last) night we were there, we went out fishing after s'mores, at about 8:00 at night. We didn't only get to go fishing, but we also got to see a beautiful sunset. (My dad said it was more being on the still lake than fishing). That time we went out, my dad caught a five-inch perch with a three-inch lure. Then, the next, (and last) morning we were there, we got up at about 6:30 in the morning and went fishing. That time I caught a seven-inch Perch with a three-inch lure and my dad caught a four-inch Perch with a three-inch lure. We didn't notice that we should have kept the seven-inch Perch for a fried snack until we got back and had let it go. Well we were out in the morning, we also saw 3 loons, and one time, my dad casted, and while he was reeling in to cast again, a loon came up for air in between him and his lure about 20 feet away. That was awesome.

Criss Cross War is Born!

  Hi there! I know I haven't posted in a while, but I have trouble finding things to write about. Anyway, a few days ago, my sister decided she wanted to make up rules for a card game, so she made up the rules for a variation of the game of war, with very little help from my mom. Then my mom thought that it should be called "Criss Cross War". So, how about I tell you the rules!
   Setup: give each player an equal amount of a deck of cards.
1~In the middle of the table, each person puts 2 cards side by side the long way. Then they take two cards and deal them face up. (Make sure that you deal them in the same direction as the face down cards. (The other person's cards should be the exact same).
2~Then, to determine who wins the cards, you look cross ways so that you're looking at one card from each person. The card that is higher wins. (Ace is the highest). Repeat that on the other side.
3~ If there is a tie, do step 2 on the other side, then take the cards underneath out from under to determine the winner. It is winner-takes-all. If there is another tie, than you take out the other underneath cards to determine the winner. Again, for those it is winner-takes-all. If there is another tie, decide what to do yourself, because there is no rule.
4~ If you do step 2 and each person wins one pair of cards, and the other person wins the other, than it is called a "Criss Cross". That is when you flip over all of the underneath cards and do step 2 with the underneath cards. The only difference is that the highest card takes everything. If there is a tie between highest cards, the you determine the winner with the other two cards. There is no rule for if ther is another tie, so you can make up your own rule.
5~If you are out of cards, you suffle your win pile and flip it over to be your stock pile. If the other person has the whole deck of cards, than they win.

 

I'm going to Boston! Yay!

Hi there! I am so excited! I am going to Boston with my class, (and a few others),  on Thursday/Friday this week. We are leaving at 8:00 when school starts on Thursday, and we are getting back at sometime between 4:00 and 5:00 on Friday. Again, I am sooo excited! We are going to the Boston Aquarium, then we are staying in a party room on the floor of the Boston Science Museum for Thursday night. Then on Friday, we eat breakfast in the museum, then we walk around in the museum for a few hours, then we get on the bus for the rest of the day. On the bus, we pass snacks up and down the bus, and vote on movies to see on the overhead screens. When a movie is over, the teachers hold up a few movies that we haven't seen yet, then after they have read what each movie is about, we vote on which movie to see next.

                                                             Sorry I haven't posted lately!

                                                                               -Ethan

Having Ivy Over

Since this week is vacation, my neighbor is in Florida. And since she has a 4-year old dog named Ivy, we are taking care of a dog this week. So as I am typing, Ivy is walking around our house and sniffing just about everything. Anyway, I love being around dogs, so this is awesome. Ivy is pretty simple. Feed her twice a day, give her plenty of exercise, and give her lots of attention. (That part is pretty simple). We also need to feed the cats for our neighbor, but that part is easy, because they only run out of food every 2-3 days.

                                                             Oooops! Sorry, gotta go. Ivy needs dinner. :0

Muppaphone

So there is this YouTube video that i really like that is called "Muppaphone". It is this muppet that has this crew of little pink guys and orange guys. The last one comes onto the stage late, and the muppet is really angry. Then the muppet is forgiving when the pink guy says "Sorry I'm late. I couldn't get a parking space". Then the muppet starts singing a song that says a healing witch told him to say the magic words : "Ooh; Eee; Ooh AhAh; Ting: Tang; WallaWalla Bing Bang". (The crew members actually say the magic words).During the song, the muppet hits the pink and orange guys one-by-one on the head with mallets, and when he hits them, they each say their sound, making the magic words. Then at the end, the witch pops out of nowhere and says "I told you not to tell anybody! You will be punished!"
then, with a wave of her finger, she turns the muppet into a pink guy. (He is much bigger, and looks very stunned). Then, if you like that, you should watch the muppets playing the song "To Morrow".       

                                                    I'll Blog soon!

                                                          Ethan

Happy New Year!

Today is January 2nd 2010. (I meant to say 2011!!!). Anyway, I went to First Night Burlington 2011 two nights ago, and I had a lot of fun. First, we went to a Circus Smirkus presentation at Memorial Auditorium. At the beginning of the presentation, all the actors and clowns did things like really fast double and triple back-flips and front-flips onto the stage. Then they did  the regular hand-stands and stuff like standing on people to make weird pyramids. Then we went to the Roxy Cinema and watched some Loony Tunes. Then we went to see "Banjo Dan" at the First Congregation Church. Then the dragon parade and fireworks we watched from the top of the parking garage. During the beginning of the parade we bought hot dogs for dinner. Then came a "Fragile Zoe" concert in a run-down sort of room/restaurant in the basement of Memorial Auditorium. It was kind of like a concert you could find at the store "Daddy's Junky Music". (That means that it was a kind of rock). Then more Loony Tunes. That absolutely made me call my mom awesome. Then, last of all, at 8:00, we went to the Flynn Theater to see the Burlington Taiko Drummers play till 9:15. then we went home. It was a fun night.      

Stamps From Grandma

So today is the 27th of December. My Grandma Barbara gave me part of her collection of UN (United Nations) stamps. They are really cool. Some of them are even 59 years old! The collection was started by her Uncle Herman in 1951. She gave me stamps that are from 1951-2009. I have already put about 50 or 60 stamps in my new album that has stamps from 1951 to 1971. There is also an album that is from 2000-the end. Right now it only has stamps issued for that album from 2000-2009, but more stamps will be issued for that album in the future. She basically gave me 1 year's worth of stamps, not to mention the 80-100 stamps I have from my Grandpa Dan. I am having lots of fun with these stamps. She also gave me a stamp catalog from Amazon. Thank you, grandma!     

Skiing with mom

So today, (December 19), my mom and I went skiing at the Cross-Country Ski Association near my house for the afternoon, and I had a lot of fun. We took a lot of trails that I haven't been on before. There were a lot of hills to go up on the way there, but we went down them on the way back. I did really well on the downhill parts, but that's because I go to an afternoon downhill ski program after school on Tuesdays in January and February. As I said, I had a lot of fun this afternoon. Speaking of which, I have new skis! My dad got them for me when a ski swap was happening. Until next time!
                                                                       -Ethan                                                                                         

K-nex Land on Thanksgiving?

So, my Thanksgiving was pretty good. I did go to the F.A.T. Chain-Reaction,(see my post:F.A.T. Chain-Reaction Rocks), and it was really cool. I was staying over at my Aunt's house in Massachusetts, and I did alot of playing with my 15-Year-old cousin's K-nex set. My Aunt helped me look online to print out directions for a design that we had never seen. I printed out a design called Helicopter Ride. It was really cool, but very complicated! I was really glad that I picked the one I picked. It took about a day of on-and-off building. If you want to see it, watch this video! 

F.A.T. Chain-Reaction Rocks!

So. Hi there! Let's get down to business. Anyway, now that I've said hi, I should get started. So. This Thanksgiving, my family is going to go to my aunt's house in Arlington, Massachusetts. As always, we always go to see the F.A.T.
Chain-Reaction. It is a really cool chain reaction at the MIT.(Massachusetts Institute of Technology). The chain-reaction happens in a big gym at MIT. It is a bunch of chain -reactions that lots of different people make. All the chain-reactions are connected together so that the first one triggers the next one and so on.

Sometimes at the beginning there are big cardboard half-tubes,(cylinders),and people send lots of tennis balls down them for about 10 minutes. Then, they trigger the chain-reactions and those last about another 20 minutes. Last year, there was a glowing golf ball that made it about half-way around the circle of chain-reactions before it was lifted by a mechanical arm into a holder where it rested for the rest of the chain-reaction. Another time there was a crimper that squeezed a metal can with a lot of peoples' names in it so that it turned into a time-capsule. Then, (another from last year), there was one for the golf ball that used counter-weights to lift the golf ball up to the top. The really cool ones are like, well, the kind where there are boards with magnets that somehow push the marbles on the other side of the wood.(There were a couple of marbles that went up a slant). Then yet another one had a Thomas-The-Tank-Engine, that went around a track a couple of times.     

Don't you want to go there?     

          The End                   

For more information, visit http://web.mit.edu/museum/programs/fat.html

Plan B is always more interesting...

So you might be wondering if I have another story at hand. Well, I do. So yesterday was my dad's birthday. Of course, my grandparents came. They were not planning on staying for dinner. But they did. That is because they had their 2 dogs with them. The dogs were very antsy, because my grandad forgot to bring their dog-food. Then they left. My mom and sister were in the bathroom washing up for dinner, and my sister said:"Oh, look! Grandma left her camera in the bathroom!" So we left a hilarious message on their answering machine. It said something like, "So, we have your camera, and we could mail it to you, but we want to know if we shouldn't. But we are going to mail it to you so there!" Then, about 2 minutes later my grandparents' car pulled up in the driveway! My sister was by the door when my grandma came in! When my grandma came up the porch stairs, my sister was by the door, held out the camera, and asked:"Did you want this?" So my grandma laughed, and my mom asked if they did actually want to stay for dinner. So my grandma went out to the car, and asked my grandad if they should stay. My grandad turned off the car and my grandma and grandad came inside. The only problem was that the dogs needed food. But my dad and I came up with the fact that we have a neighbor that has a dog. She has lots of dog-food. So I ran over to her house with a 1 cup measuring cup, and a paper bag. I asked her if we could have 3 cups of dog-food. She gave me 3 cups of "Purina 1 lamb and rice" to put in the paper bag.When I got home, I said "score 1!" and gave the food to my grandad. So the dogs are fed, and we're finally sitting down to dinner. Dinner was good, and my grandparents have left. We haven't heard from them since!

                                                   (that probably means that they got home safely)

                                                                                          The End

How it all started...

So you may have been wondering how my blog started. It all started at recess last Friday 
 when I was having a conversation with my school's Guidance counselor. He suggested I start a podcast, so I can tell my long stories to anyone, but they can only listen when they want to. (A podcast is like a blog, but you mainly use a podcast to record stories). I knew that I could definitely do that, since my dad is a technology person. So when I got home, I told my parents that I wanted to start a podcast to record my stories. My dad said that I should start with a blog, so he set up the blog I am writing on now!:)     
                                    (that smiley face has a baseball bat on his head)

English Candy

So, my family has a friend living in England, and just yesterday I got a box from England. I was told that  my grandmother had just had a two-day layover to England. There was a postcard from Fairlee VT, near where my grandmother lives. But no! It was a postcard from our friend that moved to England! There was 3 kinds of English candy,(see title), and a book with 8 stories. It was so awesome!

                                    (I haven't eaten the candy, nor read the book)