High School is LOUD!

Well, today was my first day of high school. Technically, I guess. Today was when we met our teachers and got to know our way around the building. Only us freshman were in the building to eliminate any sort of "fears" that the class of 2014 would have about hazing and what not. Which to me of course would be non existent in my mind regardless. So basically at the beginning of the day we head down to the gymnasium to get the spiel about rules, expectations and what not. As we made our way a literal wall of fellow students toward the gym, you could hear a faint yelling/music/psychotic axe murderer/other obnoxious noise. Then, just as you opened the door, the nuclear bomb of sounds exploded in a passionate fire that singed the any trace of facial hair that you ever had. After dealing with the annoyances of rules and so called "guidelines to success" we headed off to go over our schedules and.....

Haha yay for no time!! I had to get ready for school the next morning so...

TO BE CONTINUED!!!!.............(tomorrow)

Last day of summer :'( (Daily Blog 8/29)

It's the last day of summer! :'(

Today we decided to head over to this place called "Grand Slam"

They have Lazer Tag, mini put put golf, an arcade, and batting cages. We got the unlimited lazer tag package and we had soooo much fun! My uncle who is visiting for the week came along too and after one game of lazer tag he was done with that. It is way more exhausting than it sounds. I was proud because i was the high score player on almost every game and when we did the everyone against everyone game, i came in second place because i hid out in the corner and "sniped" everyone! So then we moved onto the mini golf and i totally kicked some butt! The course is pretty easy so we all got a bunch of hole in ones! Then we did some batting cages and i sucked because im not a baseball kind a guy so i got like two hits. We then decided to use up our little tokens and play some games in the arcade. I got a high score on skee ball and my little brother got a bunch of tickets on a variety of random games. We ended up getting a bunch of candy. So, overall, I think it was a fun way to spend my last day of summer!

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Canoeing for a Week! Day 3 (Daily Blog 8/10)

JUST KIDDING!!! There will be no day 3 or 4 or 5 because I realize now how boring the posts are getting. The whole week is pretty repetitious so whats the point of blogging about the same thing 3 times in a row.

Instead, I'll continue with what actually happened today.

• Baked a Cake! (Not really I just decorated it. And by decorated I mean frosted very badly)
• Shucked sum corn! (Which we didn't actually eat 'cuz my mom had to work late!)
• Walked da pooch (in the pouring rain might I add; video in the post below)
• And some TV (The new show Covert Affairs on USA is amazing!)

And that's about it!

Awesome Weather!

Ok, I need to share this!

Pretty much every spotlighted video on the YouTube home page is about Justin Bieber getting nailed in the head with some chick's water bottle. The fan girls are either really pissed off or raving for hours on end to their friends how hot he is. If I said world crisis in a room filled with 12 yr old girls, no one would say the assorted hurricanes, tornadoes, or even a massive oil spill in the gulf. Odds are that every single one of them would say Justin Bieber's voice cracking during a performance. I think I know have "Bieber Fiever" because I just added Justin Bieber to the Blogger Dictionary. I'm seriously losing it. If you're too lazy to go over to YouTube and search for the video, here's the link.

Also, another video that's blown up on YouTube the last couple of days; Auto Tune The News, which is a very popular web series did a remix to the "Ghetto Witness" man Antoine Dodson. Once you watch it, you'll get it! Here's the link to that as well.

Well, I'll post again later on today with my continuing series of my canoe trip!

Canoeing for a Week! Day 2 (Daily Blog 8/9)

So yesterday I left off where we were done with our pre-trip prep. The second day was mainly focussed on departure and paddling techniques. We began our day at around 7am trying to finalize packing and eating breakfast. I don't remember what we exactly had to eat, but all I know is that is was beyond amazing! We then got the canoes and our bags in the trailer and all climbed in the huge van for our 1 and a half hour road trip to the Namekagon River. Yay, fast forward a long boring car ride to where we were putting in. We quickly reviewed the paddling techniques, which for me was a breeze because I get to canoe pretty often. Now we packed up the canoes and headed down the river for about an hour and then stopped for lunch because we had to portage around a dam. We ate for a little bit, played some frisbee and headed off again for 3 or 4 more hours before stopping at a campsite along the river to stay the night. Once we get all the canoes unpacked and on shore, we have "Site Chores". Some people set up tents, others help prepare dinner, and the rest collect firewood. The most crucial and important job there is on this trip. Keeping a fire going is easy with little kindling, but getting and keeping a fire hot enought to boil 3-4 pots of river water a night and morning. We use the water for drinking water, water to sterilize dishes and to cook with. So once we've eaten we hang out, play some games of 'Ninja' which if you've never heard of it, you've lived under a social interaction rock. So yeah, Day 1 of actual canoeing was alot of fun and I enjoyed every bit of it! As you may have noticed, day 2 is much shorter than day 1 length wise. Well, in real life, day 2 was much longer, but most of the time was doing the same thing. And I bet you can't figure out what that is! ;)

That's pretty much for Day 2! Come back tomorrow to read about our near death experience and a gas tanker exploding!!! Haha just kidding but seriously its gonna be pretty interesting!

Canoeing for a Week Day 1 (Daily Blog 8/8)

So yesterday's post was a little short, so I thought I'd go into my canoe trip with a little more detail! First, how do we even get there?? Well, we had three drivers going up to the camp, one of which was my mother. We all met at our church (because I went with my friends from church) and said a quick prayer and headed off on our 4 hour drive to Camp Amnicon (somewhere in Wisconsin...) We stopped for lunch in Hinkley, MN where there was a junction-y type of thing where there was a bunch of different restaurants and things in one area. Me and my friends went to subway and savored every bite for it would be the last food we ate that wasn't cooked over flames for the next week. Once every one was done stuffing their faces we headed off to the nearest gas station for gas. Of course every one piled out and bought mounds of candy (i.e. a 2lb bag of gummy worms for $2!) We then got back in the vans and drove for 2 more hours. Now me and one of my friends Reece had gone to this camp last year and recognized the roads and landmarks on the way and we could tell we were finally getting close! On the way up to this point no one had fallen asleep because of excitement and anticipation. Hooray! We'd arrived around 3pm and got to meet our guides/counselors that we were "stuck with" for the week! One of them, Matt grew up in Bangladesh and his dad owns a film company that specializes in socially networking through film that operates in Bangladesh. So I thought that was really cool! I learned that Bangladesh is actually pronounced [bong-la-desh] and not [bang-la-desh]. So yeah, Matt was pretty cool. Our other guide, Lexi was really funny and had this weird belief that if you sing the Johnny Appleseed song, rain is a given. Me and my fellow canoers tried that conspiracy out and we've proven it wrong, but it sure looked like it was going to rain any second on the last day. Another member of the welcoming committee was our good 'ol pal Ben. Ben is the funniest person, I mean dog anybody could meet! He's a Golden Retriever and is trained extremely well. He's actually a therapy dog and is part of the official staff. His title is "Director of Hospitality" and is apparently on the payroll. They pay him in stuffed animals and food. This is no joke either! When me and Reece got out of the van we immediately said hello to Ben before anybody else! So now we've arrived at Camp Amnicon and met our guides and the other staff members, now it's time to get down to business! We have to go over camp rules, safety regulations, and a bunch of other boring things. But it's our favorite part of the day because we get milk and fresh cookies from our awesome cooks! We then head to the lodge where we sleep and dump our all of our things and pack up everything again into waterproof bags. We also prepare for the upcoming departure by getting rain gear, food, and toiletries such as flashlights (yeah, there's no such thing as soap or even clean on this trip...) into our bags as well. Then we load all of those bags into Duluth Packs (large backpacks) and set them aside for the next day. Then we head down the the Amnicon River, which is right next to the lodge and we do what is called "Swim and Swamp". If you know anything about canoeing you know what the swamp part of that means. Of course for those who don't know, its where you tip and/or flip the canoe over and you have to flip it back up. That's always alot of fun and of course I did sooo awesome at it! (that was sarcastic in case you missed that).
Then we ate dinner and slept for a longtime because every one was exhausted. Yay! You've completed reading about day 1 of the Canoe Trip! I'll pick up where I left off tomorrow because I now realize how long this post is already!

what blog???

oh yeah, i have a blog...

So, sorry for not blogging in like almost two months.... I'm officially a not cool person hehe.

just a little update from last time i blogged:

• I went to a week long rock band camp called Day Jams and totally kicked butt with our two original songs Snuffalufagus and Please shut up.
• Just got back from an awesome canoe-camp-trip-bible study-thingy that was totally way too much fun!
• Just hung out, watched TV and try to finish my summer honors spanish homework...

Nothing else note worthy so, let's keep up the blog for the rest of the summer Jake!!!!!! maybe further into the school year too!

Thanks for reading and being so patient I forgot about you! :D

KTHXBYe.