My recent film, The Railroad Crossing of Doom, has turned out to be a Youtube blockbuster. It's had more than 100 views in the past week. Since I love the disaster genre, I'm starting on a follow-up, DHL Deathflight!, The picture above is a sneak preview.
Today was our performance of "Candy Factory" in Odyssey of the Mind. MY role was "salesman", and I was the star of the show. The idea is to think of healthy sorts of candies and show how eating well and enjoyment go hand in hand (well sorta--I still like Kit Kats and donuts even though they're not all that healthy). Anyway, it was very exciting getting ready for the show. We did pretty well though a lot of my colleagues seemed to forget what they were supposed to do. I reminded them from time to time. The judges really enjoyed the show and laughed a lot at our zany antics. I really enjoyed it, and hope to do it again next year.
Today was the first day of Little League. It was just a practice, but I was excited nonetheless. This year (and perhaps for several years) I'm on the Red Sox. While I'd most prefer to be on the A's, the Red Sox are a good second choice. I hit the ball hard today and did well at fielding too. Baseball is great.
As you know, I love to make up stories with my stuffed animals. This weekend was Stuffy X Games. The stuffies took turns doing crazy stunts--jumps, half pipe, and so on. The viewers were supposed to text in their votes for the best stunt. It was sort of like a TV show, so I would tell the viewers to text "A/1" if they liked the first contestant the best. It ended in a four way tie!
The picture above is of a stuffy named "roar". He's named that because I wasn't sure if he were a bear or a lioness when I first got him. I figured that since both creatures roar, that was a safe name for him.
While I've tried lots of things in my life, Mario Kart is the first thing that I'm so passionate about that I've become an expert. I get up early every morning to practice. Usually, this time is spent experimenting. I run through various courses slowly and then quickly to learn all of their tricks and shortcuts. In the evenings, I mostly play for real, trying to win. There's an online mode and I usually finish near the top of every race I enter. I've even surpassed Daddy (who seems quite good at video games) in skill. I'm an EXPERT Mario Kart player. Sure, it's not the most useful skill in the world, but it sure is fun.
I performed today in bell choir and children's choir. It was our most deluxe bell performance ever. We did kumbaya. Everyone had to play separate parts and keep time. It went really well. We got a big round of applause at the end. As usual, our press agent (Daddy) was on hand to record the proceedings. Check out the highlights here
Remember the golden era of disaster movies...Airport 76, Poseidon Adventure, and so on. Well, I don't. But I still think disaster movies are cool, so we made some this weekend. The first of the series is "Rock in the Road". Check it out here.
You will notice a whole bunch of home made special effects in this movie. First, the road is Oak Knoll Road in the Napa Valley. The aerial stunts are performed via Mommy's invisible thread. The pyrotechnics are courtesy of a scented candle. All of the sound editing and effects are homemade as well. Still, I think it's my most professional movie yet.
Earler this week, we had the blue and gold dinner at Cub Scouts. While I didn't win any awards for my pinewood car, I had a fun time. We played a whole bunch of bingo games, there was a slide show of photos of the studd we did, and I got a cool pinewood patch. Cub Scouts is a lot of fun.
I've been off and on sick this week. I missed school on Wednesday, then seemed to recover, but I was feverish today so I stayed home. My throat is very sore, I've got no appetite, and I'm very sleepy. I hope I get better soon. I don't want to be sick on a weekend day.
It was a very exciting Super Bowl as Big Ben and the Steelers managed a glorious comeback over the scrappy Cards. I expected the Steelers to "win handily" (one of my favorite expressions at the moment), and it looked like they would in the first quarter. But the Cards clawed back and nearly took the lead at half before Harrison's amazing pick and return for 100 yards. Daddy and I were jumping up and down over that play.
It still looked like the Steelers had things well in hand in the third quarter until they fell apart with the safety and the huge reception by Fitz. But what an ending. Big Ben connecting with #10, Santonio Holmes, time and time again. The Terrible Towels were waving mightily as the Steelers took their records 6th Super Bowl (two of which I've seen in my young life.)
