Rochester

Our next tournament is the Rochester Tourney.  It is by far my favorite (as I have probably said for the past couple years) and each year it gets better. I just get to hang out at a hotel with the best dad ever, play basketball games, watch college basketball, swim at the hotel pool, and have free breakfast.  Basically everything good in life packed into one weekend.  :)  It is our second to last tournament this year, and it has been a fun year.  A learning year, but the best one I have had yet.  In one week, Dad and I will be going to Rochester to have some fun, so I just want to time travel and get there tomorrow.  :)

So in geography class, we have to make a presentation on any country.  I'm doing Australia.  The teacher asked me why and I was like, "Because I like their accents," and he didn't think that counted as an answer.  I mean, that the only reason I have to like it.  They have sharks, alligators, tons of species of snakes, bird eating spiders that are as big as dinner plates, scorpions, and lots of other deadly things.  I don't like any of that.  But I like kangaroos.  So I guess the two reasons why I chose Australia is because they have kangaroos, and they have cool accents.  There.  That works.
Fun fact:  did you know that Australia has the largest amount of Greeks in the world, besides Greece?  They do.

Happy Birthday

Today is Michael Jordan's birthday!  Happy Birthday MJ!  If you don't know who Michael Jordan is, I'm sorry I won't tell you.  It's your own humanity that your wasting, not knowing who Michael Jordan is.  (:  I'm kinda hoping that he will read this and give me a free pair of Jordan sneakers, but I doubt it!  (:  He's turning 53 today.  So Happy Birthday again, Michael Jordan!

Three Types of Volcanoes

There are three main types of volcanoes:  Cinder Cone, Shield, and Strato.  Cinder Cone is the type of volcano we think about whenever we think about a regular volcano.  It is tall and cone shaped.  The next volcano is a shield volcano.  It's called a shield volcano because it looks like a shield.  It is relatively flat and short, but really wide.  It's not typically a lava flowing volcano.  The last kind is the Strato volcano.  It is really tall, usually snow covered, and the deadliest.  It shoots out lava very fast, and even if you are 30 miles away from it, the lava will still catch up to you because of its speed.  The lava goes so fast because of the momentum it builds up as it rushes down the volcano.

In math class, we are about to start a new unit.  It is going to be self paced, which I am pretty excited about.  It's seems like a lot of fun, and it might even be more helpful for my learning needs.  I think it's awesome that we can just watch a video on a lesson over and over if we wanted too, to get the feel for the math.  That way, if I'm stuck, I can ask the teacher or re-watch the video.  I'm really looking forward to it and I think I'll do great.

Spanish Food

So in Spanish class today, we had a quiz about some Spanish food names.

Here are some of the foods I know in Spanish:

Manzana: Apple
Naranja: orange
Cereal: cereal
Pan: bread
Pan tostado: toast
Jamón: ham
Tocino: bacon
Sandwich: sandwich
Salchicha: sausage
Ensalada: salad
Galleta: cookie
Fresa: strawberry
Sopa: soup
Papas fritas: French fries
Perrito Caliente: hot dog
Aguacate: avocado
Coco: coconut
Hamburguesa: hamburger.

That's only a couple.  I know a ton more, too.

Snow

We got a snow day yesterday!  There was just a TON of snow yesterday!  There was like ten billion feet of snow that was outside, and Gavin and I had to go out like 4 different times to reshovel the driveway.  The snow just kept coming.  We would shovel off one part of the driveway, move on to another part, and then when we were finally done, we passed the first part and it was so annoying!  The snow drifts are like 10 feet tall, and you could fit our house inside of one.  Just kidding, but they were pretty tall.  It was hard, but kinda fun.

So lately in my basketball games, I have not done as amazing as I had previously hoped.  I averaged like 7 points per game, but I had really good defense.  It was just the offensive part wasn't going as smoothly as I wanted it to.  So I was really at a loss for what to do.  I realized that I was turning basketball into some sort of life or death activity instead of a my favorite thing to do besides eat.  I was setting my expectations too high, and suffered from it.  Also, I would get down on myself if I missed a shot or had a bad play, and it would affect me the rest of the game.  So I realized that I should just play basketball, have fun, and try my hardest.  That way, I just do what I love and the points and amazing plays will come.

Plate Tectonics

In Earth Science, we are learning about plate tectonics. It's confusing and easy at the same time.  Basically, a really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really long time ago, the was a super continent.  It was when all the continents were all merged together to create what was called Pangaea.  If you break it apart, it is: pan, which means "all", and Gaea, meaning earth.  So basically, it means "all earth".  It would have looked something like this: 



http://mentalfloss.com/article/62066/man-who-figured-out-pangea

Eventually, in like the early 1900's, some sciency dude named Alfred Wegener discovered that the world used to look like the picture above.  He wanted to know why.  We now know that we don't live in some big super continent because of something called the Continetal Drift.  That's where the plate tectonics thing comes into play.  In the ocean, in mid ocean ridges, the sea floor reversed polarity and because of the magnetic sea floor stripes.  So then the continents drifted apart and here we are today.  Tadaaaaaaa!

Gavin Day

Today is Gavin's birthday, for those of you who don't know what day it is.  I'm thankful for Gavin not only because he helps me with math since he practically invented math, but because he is awesome. 

Almost as fast as me.  (:  Just kidding he's faster.

Way to cool to only be 17.

Exceptionally intelligent.

Super strong.

Overpowered at chess.

My bro.

Even-headed.

Get it?  It spells out awesome if you look at the first letter of each sentence?  (:  Habby birthday dude!