Archive for July, 2007

The Prank Target

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

About two week ago, I pulled a prank on Jack, and he still doesn’t know I did it! He-he. While Jack was sleeping, I crept to the bed he was in -Mama and Papa’s-, and after testing other places like the ear, put a penny in the palm of his hand and ducked. I crawled out of the room as he woke up and noticed the penny in his hand. Later that morning, I asked him casually what a penny was doing on Papa’s pillow. He said he didn’t know in a voice that sounded like he had no idea of what had happened (which he didn’t).

Yesterday, I was with my brothers and mother because Anna had a dentist appointment. I had to bring Jack to the bathroom. He went through the bathroom door after I had tried to trick him that the bathroom was up a flight of stairs. I went to the mens’ bathroom door after Jack went in about thirty seconds before. I knocked roughly on the door and said, like a crook, “Hurry up!” “Who…whose there?” I heard Jack shiver. I waited outside the entrance door to the restrooms casually. When he came out, I asked him what the noise was. Ten seconds later… Jack-[growl].

Later that day, Mama and the kids were about to leave Walmart, but Jack had to use the bathroom. After roughly three minutes of waiting, I decided to plant some mischief. I walked to the mens bathroom, down the maze-like corridor to the stalls, and saw Jack inches away from my face washing his hands. I, making sure I was hidden from him, said gruffly, “Don’t take so long!” He came out pale-faced. I smirked. Collision!

Rocket Camp

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

For the past three days I have been constructing, flying/launching, and crashing flying objects. Where? At this really fun day camp at North Heights Christian Academy. I went with my friends Anthony and Vito. Do you remember them? They helped me write my “The Rocket” poem. (If you haven’t read “The Rocket”, you can read it here.)

The camp’s running time was from 9 A.M. to 11 A.M.. I, along with just about everybody there, received and built a balsa wood airplane and one of the two choices of rockets provided. I was not as, shall we say, experienced as most of the other kids there. And I, keeping the fact of utter, almost complete inexperience in mind, chose the easier of the two. A few things that classified the two rockets different were:

#1- ‘The easier one had plastic, slide-on fins, and the harder one had cardboard-like, super-glue on fins.’

#2- ‘The easier one had a streamer, and the harder one had a parachute.’

And #3- ‘Each had a different design.’

Our instructor was Mr. Pheneger (if I’m spelling your name wrong, Mr. Pheneger, sorry). He was a nice guy who was friendly and knew a lot about rockets. He started the first day off with devotional bible verse reading and a talk about what the verses mean, and the second two days with prayer, devotional bible verse reading, and a talk about what the verses mean.

Now, do you remember when I said “…I have been constructing, flying/launching, and crashing flying objects…”? Well, I constructed both the balsa wood airplane and the rocket, flew the balsa wood airplane, launched the rocket, and crashed the balsa wood airplane (that plane did not want to fly straight!). Either way, I had a ton or two of fun.

Special thanks to Mrs. Sauro (Anthony and Vito’s mom) for driving me there with Anthony and Vito in her car, and also to all the helpers (including Vito) that helped Mr. Pheneger. And thank you, thank you, thank you for making the camp as enjoyable as it was. It was great!

How ’bout this?

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

How would you people out there like it if there were more stories on my blog to read to join GalactiGuy? It struck me as a good idea, but how ’bout you? Comment, and tell me what you think of my brainstorm. I might just try it!