Thunder storm and x games

Last night there was a huge thunder storm.  It knocked down two trees in our back yard and 70% of Fairfax county.  We luckily didn't lose power.  I spent most of the day watching the X games.  Last night was the best trick competition.  Jackson Strong won the gold medal this year with an  amazing trick.  here is a link to the amazing trick he landed to win it.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaS3MOThUrU.  I am also really looking forward to rally car racing.  It is my other favorite event.  Also i got new clothes for my trip to Europe.  A lot of stores weren't open because of power outages.  Esther has her show tonight.  The first show today was cancelled because of the power outage at the theater but they are still on for tonight.  I am looking forward to seeing is.  I have my show on Thursday this week.  I am excited to perform that too.  Grandma asked for the website for arena stage here it is: http://www.arenastage.org/.  Thanks for reading!

More camp

Today I had another day of camp.  We got our first scenes today.  It is looking pretty good but the play is supposed to an hour long and we only have 3 more rehearsal days.  We are going to be cutting it close.  Last night I got a call from Arena Stage about the Mentor Ensemble I auditioned for.  I got in and rehearsals will begin in October.  I am excited to work with them.  There is at least one other person who goes to Robinson  with me that got in.  It will be a lot of fun.  The summer X games start tonight.  Tonight there is skateboarding big air.  That is where skateboarders go off a giant ramp and try to the the best trick possible.  They then get rated and the highest scoring person in each heat along with the highest scoring person in all the heats combined that didn't win there heat go to the finals.  I am really looking forward to the rally car and the moto x events.  Thanks for reading

Blog

Today I had more camp.  We started blocking actual scenes for our show today.  It was fun and abstract.  We also played a really fun game called Assassins and Bodyguards.  It is a lot of fun to play.  I goof off with my friends a lot during camp.  College football just approved a new play off system.  I don't think it will work any better then the old one did.  I just think it will cause more arguments then the last system did.  They used to have just the top two teams play each other in a national championship.  Now they are going to have a 4 team playoff.  The only problem is there are so many different colleges in college football that a lot of teams will have the same record.  If 5 teams are undefeated how are they going to decide what 4 of those teams are going to make the playoff?  I just don't think that it will be any better this way.  Thanks for reading.

Camp

Today I had camp again.  We made scenes based on childhood games.  My group got "Duck Duck Goose".  It was interesting.  I am starting to really like devised theater.  This weekend I am going to get some clothes for my Europe trip.  I am really excited for going to Europe.  It is going to be really hard to adjust to the time zones in Europe.  It is 6 hours different.  My flight leaves in the middle of the night and we arrive in England in the morning.  I am going to be really tired those first couple days.  I will be really fun though.  I think we are doing an acting workshop in France.  That will be awesome.  I am also excited to try some new food there.  It will be a ton of fun.  I am leaving on July 12th and I arrive back home on the 24th.  Esther is working on memorizing her lines for "The Wizard of Oz".  She is performing it on Saturday.  I am going to see it.  Thanks for reading.

Stage Door day 1

Today was my first day of my camp.  It is called Stage Door, and it is devised theater.  It is more abstract then normal theater.  Our theme is "Not all who wander are lost".  It is an interesting theme.  There are about 5 or 6 kids in the camp that go to Robinson and are in my grade.  It is a fun and interesting camp.  I will have it weekday this week from 9:30 until 3:30.  We will write a whole hour long play in seven days and then perform is.  Esther is doing a camp this week as well.  She is putting on the show "The Wizard of Oz".  She got the part of the lion.  I am going to start packing for Europe this week so i don't forget anything.  I am excited for my trip.  Esther and Mom went to see a concert last night.  They really liked it.  My friend Will is moving in a couple weeks.  He is moving to Thailand.  I think that will be interesting to move there.  Thanks for reading.

Band Practice

Today I had band practice.  Our guitarist Jake couldn't make it to practice so it was just me, Cece, and Chase.  We got a lot done.  Unfortunately we wouldn't be able to practice again for another 2 or 3 weeks.  We are all very busy this month.  Tomorrow I start my camp called "Stage Door".  I have heard it is similar to Voices of Now.  I think it will be fun.  Kevin Youkilis, Red Sox 3rd baseman, was traded to the White Sox today.  He has been injured a lot and has had career lows and in both batting average and RBI's this season.  When he was injured the Red Sox brought up rookie Will Middlebrook and he soon became the most productive batter in there lineup.  I don't know if Youkilis can recapture his swing before the end of the season.  Mom and Esther went to see a concert tonight.  Esther's two favorite bands are performing.  Thanks for reading!

Acting workshop and mom's birthday

Today I went to an acting workshop.  It was an improv comedy workshop so i had to come up with every thing on the spot.  It was a lot of fun.  I learned a lot as well.  Then Mom wanted to go out to eat at a restaurant near where the acting workshop was.  It was really really good.  I had miniature crab cakes for an appetizer, a salad with a raspberry vinaigrette, fried shrimp as an entree, and chocolate truffle cake for dessert.  It was all amazing.  The restaurant was called The Carriage House.  Tomorrow I am having band practice for most of the day.  Then on Monday camp starts for me.  I am looking forward to the camp.  A lot of my friends are in it.  It will be fun.  We are going to be writing our own script I think.  Then after the camp is over I am leaving for Europe.  I can't wait!  I will take lots of pictures and post them on my blog when I get back.  Thanks for reading!

day 6

Today Esther had a doctors appointment.  She had to get two shots in order to go into 6th grade.  Afterwards we went to the Silver Diner which is right across the street from the doctors office.  Mom got us milkshakes.  I had a brownie latte one and Esther had a strawberry one.  Tomorrow is Mom's birthday.  I haven't got her anything yet though.  She wants to see the movie Prometheus tomorrow but Esther can't see it.  I don't know what else we are going to do.  Tomorrow I am attending a improv workshop in Alexandria. It is held by Ms. Hard's fiances.  Ms. Hard is my drama teacher.  I am excited for going to Europe in less than two weeks.  We will be visiting lots of great places.  I will probably not be able to write my blog while I am there but I will try to keep you guys informed on what I am doing there.  There is a lot of fun stuff going on in the next couple weeks.  Thanks for reading.

Boring Day

Today  was a boring day.  I woke up and we went to the gym.  Esther and mom took a yoga class while I lifted weights.  I have my callback for the mentor ensemble tonight, I spent an hour or so working on my performance.  I think it is looking good.  The Nationals won the game last night 3 to 2.  The Nats scored 3 runs in the first inning but none the rest of the game.  The rays scored a 2 runs throughout the game.  It was the Rays starting pitchers first game in the major leagues.  He started off pretty rocky but recovered and pitched pretty well.  Stratsburg pitched really well.  It was really cool to see him pitch again.  I had seen him on the first day he pitched in the majors.  Next week i have a camp where we are going to write a play and perform it.  Esther is going to be in a camp to the same week at Robinson.  It is also an acting camp.  I think that will be fun.

Baseball game

Tonight the whole family is going to a Nationals game.  They are playing the Tampa Bay Rays.  Our seats are right behind home plate but also all the way upstairs.  I am looking forward to the game because they are doing really well this season.  This morning we got new carpet in our living room.  It is a greenish color.  Sandy seems to like it.  I had my interview last night for the mentor ensemble.  I was have to got back there on Thursday for the callback.  If I get in I will have to go down to D.C once a week every week from October till June.  They seemed to really like me.  I hope I get in.  I will be working with teenagers from all over Northern Virginia, Southern Maryland, and D.C.  I am also starting to learning to program computers using Basic.  I find it very interesting.  Lastly I have started reading my book for next years English assignment.  It is called Blink by Malcom Gladwell.  It is about the sub-conscious decision making part of the brain.  Thanks for reading! 

Day 3

Today I woke up and watched Sportscenter.  A pitch from the New York Mets made history last night by pitching to straight 1-hitters with more than 10 strike-outs.  Then I played Xbox with my friend from Massachusetts.  I won most of the games, before was played on the same team.  Tonight I have my interview for the Mentor Ensemble.  I really hope it goes well.  My friend Will is moving to Thailand in a couple weeks.  I will miss him.  He was my first friend when i moved here.  My first camp starts next week.  It is at my school and a lot of my friends are doing it this year.  We are going to write are own play and perform it.  Soon I will start writing a 9th line on my blog in Chinese to get ready for next year.  I will provide a translation afterwards though.  Thanks for reading.

Day 2

Today I didn't really do much.  I went to the gym in the morning and then I hung out with Chase.  We played some music together since he didn't get to go to the meeting yesterday.  I am doing a couple of camps this summer.  I am doing an acting camp at Robinson and another acting camp somewhere else.  I got a new game for my xbox today also.  On Wednesday I am going to see a Nationals game.  They are playing the Tampa Bay Rays.  The Nationals are doing really well this season.  They are leading there division.  The Red Sox on the other hand are really bad.  They got a new manager this year and he isn't as good as Francona was.  Today I submitted an application to be in the Mentor Ensemble at Arena Stage.  I participated in a program called Voices of Now and they invited me to continue to participate in Voices of Now as a Mentor.

first blog of the year

Today I band practice with Jake, and Cece.  I am going to play bass and do some of the backing vocals, Cece is doing the main vocals, Jake is playing the guitar and Chase is our drummer.  He was in Baltimore this weekend so he couldn't go to band practice.  We choose and practiced are four songs.  They are "Caraphernelia" by Pierce The Veil, "if you can't hang" by sleeping with sirens, "Since u been gone" by A Day To Remember, and "If I'm James Dean, You're Audrey Hepburn" by sleeping with sirens.  Today is also fathers day to I got a present for my dad.  I got him a new wallet.  This summer I am going to England and France with my drama teacher Mrs. Hard and a couple other students.  I am also visiting Cape Cod.  I am doing two drama camps this summer.  I think this summer will be very good.  But i am also looking forward to next year.