What Is Wrong With The World?

I am mad at the world for a multiple number of reasons.

1. Every song is inappropriate, yet people act like they are still really great. I think that artists should stop making these songs (probably the reason why we have so many "cursers" in gym class, they think it's okay, it's NOT!). Maybe they should write about something non-explicit, like sunsets or how much explicit songs stink. I just found out that one of my favorite songs (Dynamite) has part of the lyrics cut out because they say some things I will not mention.

Well, after finding out the truth, here's what I wish would happen to every radio playing that song:

 

WAHAHAHA!
Sorry, my temper kind of got the best of me and now I am stuck in bold font. Oh well, I deserve it.


2. The entire world treats us kids like sales targets. We are KIDS, not sales targets. And plus, the Macy's Day Parade has gone too commercial. Everything is sponsored. Thanksgiving isn't Thanksgiving anymore, it's the prelude to Black Friday. Feel the same way I do? Wish the companies had some restraint? Copy my blog button and paste it on your blog with pride! (Look for it by my "Kids Can Blog" one.)


So, that concludes this post.
Next time...we will have a bit of poetry (I see your grin, Mom)!

  

Stunts

A lot of you have been wondering what stunts I am good at. Here is a video clip of me doing my Epic Sequence move. Kids, if you want to try this at home, jump up really high, bounce on your bottom, try to do a handstand, and then flop down and do the worm. This was not my best try, but it's the only video footage I have of it, so oh well.

It's Cold Season....

...but colds aren't the only thing spreading (although I caught one, forcing me to sleep with the humidifier, use up all the tissues in Keyboarding, and drink enough water to run out of bathroom passes in my agenda).
A familiar epidemic has once again returned....The Blogger Buzz!

Two of my friends at school have new blogs. Want to look at them? Go to my blog list and look towards the top. Also,don't forget to check out the old but good blogs of Soso and Vicki (Vicki's Fun Times, Soso's Prose).

Laney is also thinking about getting a blog called Laney's Luxurious Life (Coming to a blog list near you!).

So, I will get an ice cold water (ha ha) and BLOG YOU LATER!

Can I Have Some Ketchup, Please?

I have not posted here for a really, really long time, so it's time for a..... Ketchup Post! I haven't been posting because of (duh duh duh...) BOOK REPORTS! (Enter Toccata in Fugue and lightning streaks....) OK, it wasn't that bad. So, here's the recap, starting with our trip to Maryland.....

Before we left Maryland, Cousin Studios got a great new section of movies: Webcam! Our cousins have an awesome webcam with all these cool effects like avatars, snow, and the ability to draw on videos. We started a new movie series called The M Show where we disscuss the arts, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, balloon fights, and mysterious indoor blizzards. (Don't ask.) Plus, when we were about to leave, I got loaned Mario Kart! Only the most awesome video game ever! Then we drove home and school started up again......

Although we were pressured with 9 Weeks Tests, quizzes, Book Reports, reading logs, and more, we still found time to start new fads. Eraser City and The Lays Boycott Club died down (stay tuned for the rest of the story!), and in their place sprang up....

The JBBC (Justin Bieber Boycott Club). We all hated this music "star" so much that we decided to boycott him! In between talking about his awfulness, we make up song parodies about him (Justin Bieber has rabies, rabies, rabies, OH!).

Paper Skateboarding. Laney's friend K loves real skateboarding, but after playing with a Post-It in math class, he got an idea to make paper skateboards. We fold Post-Its, draw cool designs on them, and then use everyday objects as half pipes, railings, and obstacle courses. K even has a popular bartering business where he trades skateboards for Mentos, and he is thinking about selling skateboards through the school store.

Flipbooks. Yet another fad involving Post-Its, flipbook making has become an art. It all started with K's friend D, the Post-It guru, and began circling its way around other GT classmates. I have made several, including ones about a marathoner, people crushing Lays bags, and archery practice.

Comics. I wrote a graphic novel about the Lays Boycott Club (the sequel is coming soon!), and this fad was born! Before long, there were comics about everything, from erasers to a typical day at middle school.


Then, there was the GA fundraiser. At the end of the month, I had 7 duckies (not counting the X-Ray duck I lost) and 11 subscriptions- enough to go to the Mega Party and get VIP status! Thank you Mom and Dad for doing Christmas shopping to help our school! Everybody claimed it was a ripoff- but they were wrong. There were 6 inflatables, including an obstacle course, jousting ring, giant-scale game involving a wrecking ball(again,don't ask), and the "sticky wall." Not to mention soda and the opportunity for VIPs to beat the crowds and arrive 25 MINUTES EARLY! WOO WOO!

Also, some good news... I'm going to a forensics competition! I am in the category Serious Poetry and I am  looking forward to competing.

So, that concludes yet another..... Ketchup Post!

Blog Ya Later!

P.S. Thank you, Laney, for spreading the word and getting your friends to read. It was getting quiet around here!

Trampoline-ing!

Hello from good old Maryland! This is CJ, reporting live after one day at the L\M\S house. Today described in 3 words: TRAMPOLINE! TRAMPOLINE! TRAMPOLINE! We bounced and bounced for hours and came up with cool new moves (my favorites are Endless Buttbounce and Epic Sequence). Our two new Cousin Studios movies are Trip or Treat and Trampoline Gladiators. We're playing Flashlight Tag after dinner! (Pizza, yum!) Will post soon....

Mini Vacation

HOORAY! :):):) Mom just told me that we're heading up to the house of M, L, and S, blogger for Wii Little Movies for L's birthday! I'm excited because 1.I love traveling 2.I love relatives 3. Traveling is an excuse to chew gum. ;) I hope we will stay off the computer, play lots of Phase Ten (fun card game) and Monopoly, and hopefully make some Cousin Studios films. Speaking of Cousin Studios films, here are some highlights from The Ten Day Road Trip Of Awesomeness. :^)----[---{

Dwarf Hairstyling. J did pink, K did purple. I love the purple one's hair, don't you?

And, finally, the Music Club commercial. This is the second take; during the first one K threw a ball at J's head and yelled at her for using the Rock Band guitar. Ahh...good times.;);)

BLOG YA LATER!

Chips That Cheat: The Story of The Lays Boycott Club

Picture this. Your table has been called to get in the lunch line, and after purchasing your meal, your eyes dart toward the chip section. Which yummy Baked Lays snack will it be today? The salty spiced BBQ chips that take you back to grilling season? The Sour Cream and Onion chips with their mouthwatering powder that makes you lick your fingers? The Original flavored chips we all know and love? Or will you settle for a bag of Doritos or Cheetos? You select a tempting bag of BBQ, pay for it, and run the 10 yard dash back to your table. Later, after a disgusting delicious school lunch, you open your barbecue chips, looking forward to another snack of paradise.......

.....and let out a piercing scream.

Why? Because you've been ripped off. There are only about 8 or 9 large chips in the bag. Oh, who will save you from snack sorrows?

And, with an incident like this, the Lays Boycott Club was born (only in this case, Laney, a future blogger, bought BBQ and Vicky, blogger for Vicky's Fun Times, got Original). Everybody agreed to start the protest with a letter to Frito-Lay. But wait! What was their address? Luckily, I found it at the bottom of the package.
One "B Day" and afternoon later- TA-DA! The letter was complete-and typed! Here is the final draft:

September 15, 2010

Dear Frito-Lay,

We could be sending you this letter for many different reasons. We could be complimenting you on your perfectly salted chips. We could be marveling at your commercials. But, unfortunately, this is not a happy letter. This is a letter of complaint.

On the thirteenth of September, some members of our organization opened bags of your chips and gasped in horror. There were only a few large chips in the bag, and everything else was just air. The customers were very unsatisfied. “These chips are a rip-off!” declared Vicky, and everyone agreed. You have a product that tastes good, so can’t you put more of it in the bag and let consumers get their money’s worth of the product?

So basically, it all boils down to this. Make some improvements to your chips, or we will start a boycott and never eat Lays chips again.

Sincerely,

            The Lays Boycott Club

            “Sending letters to Lays so they change their ways”

Pretty impressive for a couple of kids, huh? There were plenty of other plans besides the letter, though. K wanted to set up a Facebook page. I was planning to write about it here. (And here I am now!!) Laney and Vicky decided to make signs and buttons. 

But would it all work?

To Be Continued....