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I'm writing about a goddess named Aphrodite. She is the goddess of love, beauty and fertility. She was also a protectress of sailors. She is my favorite, because she represents kindness as well. At least thats what I think anyway. Her Roman name was Venus. Some say she was born from sea-foam others say she was the daughter of Zeus and Dione. I personally think that Aphrodite was the daughter of Zeus and Dione.

If you want to find out more about any of the Gods or Goddesses click here.

Hey guys, it's me Reecie. I miss you guys so, so much. It's so hard to believe, but I moved back to Anchorage. I've been doing really well in school, well kinda...Haha, but anyways, I hope to hear back from you and I might visit, but I'm not sure...I'll have to talk to my dad and mom.

Sincerely,
Reecie (aka, Amaris)♥

Today Mr. Noon taught us how to make links. It's so cool! Here's one about Greek Mythology. Some of the things on this site that I enjoy are the art, The Fabulous Creatures, and The Gods and Goddesses. I would share with you this awesome trick, but I can't. Sorry!

I had a very very strange dream last night. So my dad worked at some place called The Paris and he started dancing. Then the restaurant turned half restaurant, half my uncle's house. Then my baby cousin started to bounce up and down clapping. Then my cousin's dog caught on fire. My older cousin was fast asleep and my cousin that was my age was yelling at my middle cousin because she hit him. That was my very strange dream.

One Time, I was walking the dog. And I heard "Dannniiieellle the BABARACK." I Was totally scared. So I ran inside my house and heard "Daaaniellle the BABARACK." I said, "WHO ARE YOU? I AM CALLING THE POLICE!" Now I was about to cry I was so scared.

Then they replied, "Danielle the BABARACK." I got on the phone and they said, "Dannielle the BABARACK." I started crying. I was about to call the police then, it was all just my brother. He said it all started when I walked the dog. Then it got funny so he wanted to continue. So he followed me in the house. The phone thing, he got on the other line. I was so mad, someday I'm going to shave his head.

I am not a cat person; if anything I am a dog person. There is an explanation, you wanna hear it? You're going to read it anyway. I used to have a cat when I was 4 or 5, and I think his name was Tiger. He was orange with black stripes. That is why we named him Tiger. Anyway, he loved to get under the kitchen sink, and believe me, that was his territory. If you opened the cabinet door and he was in there, he would hiss and scratch you. That's not the only reason I dislike cats. They shed way more than dogs. What I'm saying is you have to vacuum a lot more if you have a cat than if you have a dog. So, in my opinion, it's better to get a dog than a cat.

This year I did what I call speed treating which is when you run instead of walking. You get more candy. Last year, I went normal trick or treating and got the same amount of candy as this year but I was trick or treating for three cold hours last year. Speed treating is one way to get more candy.

This year we went to one house and one of their decorations were saying, "Wahahaha," every time someone came to their door. While it was saying that it took its face off and its eyes turned green.

This year I went to 60 houses in one hour. The only reason I could was because I ran instead of walking. The only reason I only went for one hour is I had to go to hockey from 6:45 to 7:45 and had to go though our neighborhood which is packed on Halloween night. So I got home and got my warm gear on and headed out to trick or treat.

This year was one of the funnest Halloweens ever. It was fun because we were in a hurry to get our candy. I already look forward to next year.

Halloween was a couple days ago. I could tell it was going to be the most boring Halloween yet. I could tell because it was cold, and because my uncle Cory wasn’t taking us. He takes me and my friend Ryin trick-or-treating every year, except when Ryin's at her dad's. Then her dad takes us.

So my Uncle Cory didn’t take us this year. Instead, Ryin’s mom took us. The thing that was dumb was we didn’t really get that much candy. Because almost every house we went to was out of candy. So we would walk up to the door and “Knock, knock,” and they would say, “Sorry we're all out of candy.” And we would say, “Dang it!”

After we were done with that neighborhood, we went to go pick up my cousin, Mashayla, and we went to the mall. They gave us candy there. After we went to this rich neighborhood, this one house gave us full candy bars. So yeah, that was basically the most boring Halloween ever.

I moved to Fairbanks about 4 or 5 months ago and it's already getting interesting.

When I moved here to Fairbanks, I had to organize all of my stuff into my new house. I got my room together all in one day and my dog's little closet too.

After that, I had to move the next month! So, as soon as I moved to my new house, I had to put my room together all over again.

About 5 or 6 weeks later, my dog's allergic reaction got really bad. So we took her to the vet. We got medicine for her and she has been a lot better.

Now, I have been at school for about 5 weeks and I have already made a new BEST friend!

I was born on April 24th of 2000 at 10:32 p.m. Once in first grade we were driving the snow-machine, I was in the back on a mushing sled that was connected to the snow-machine. I was with my sisters. We were going down-hill. I decided to let my foot drag and it tugged me. I rolled down the hill into a tree. I knocked out. It hurt badly!

In second grade I went to Hawaii; it was AWESOME! We went to Sea World, a huge water park, and a lot more. At Sea World we swam with dolphins and it was really fun, but they got annoying after a while of their sounds. At the water park there was a lot of water rides and it was huge; it was easy to get lost, and of-course I did. After the water park we settled at the hotel, then went to a luau. It was really fun. Except I got Sea Water up my nose; it felt like fire. We are going again in March, but this time we are going with my aunt and her kids.

In fifth grade I went to school in Galena, Alaska it was super fun! The weather wasn’t really great but I drove my grandma’s snow-machine A LOT though. But I had to move back, my mom made me, but I might move back. It was hard to keep track of everything though we had three different classes writing, reading, social studies, and math.

This summer I finally got the guts to jump off the boat, it wasn’t even scary. I also got a water slide with my friend, and we put Wesson Oil on it. I went first I went fully speed down the water slide and went of the edge on to the grass; it was really painful.

Now I’m in my last year of elementary school!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think language is my favorite tool. Not that it is super fun, but it helps me do many fun things. I couldn’t play any games or sports without it, because I wouldn’t know the rules.

I also think it is important because there would also be no written language. That means I couldn’t read read, not just for fun, but to send messages. That would totally defeat the purpose of phones (most people are writing about) and letters, and e-mails. This whole language thing also come down to the basic bare bones of survival. No one could talk to each other about building, trading, and hunting for food. Without group building we’d go right back to using caves and hovels. No one could trade for goods, like jewelry, lumber, clothes, etc. Not to mention food, no one could trade it, so people would switch to hunting, and without group hunting it would be very dangerous.

Without language this whole story couldn’t exist. Without language survival would be a free-for-all, in other words, society would crumble.

Hi my name is FALCO, but you may know me as Ryan. I go to Denali and I am in sixth grade. I have been here for 6 long hard years, and they weren’t always the best, but this year will be different, I think. And if not, I hope next year will. But this is my last year here, so even if I don't do very good this year I’ll go to a different school anyways. So it doesn't actually matter. I'll see you on further posts, bye!

I love to draw, and I’m working on a project that has to do with animations. I use a program called GIMP; it’s an art program you can download.

I make a frame, then the next frame, and I put it together on Windows Movie Maker. That comes with your Windows computer so you don't have to download it, or if you have a Mac you have an option of iMovie. You can also download GIMP for the Mac but make sure it says for mac or you'll have downloaded a GIMP program that doesn’t work for your computer! I would be making many animations, but I have some difficulties with GIMP because for me it is hard to draw on it, but I have an Iphone app called Sketchbook. It's VERY similar to GIMP and I’ve drawn very cool stuff. I emailed them to myself, then saved them on my computer!!! That makes it much easier for me, but I have not finished the frames yet because it's hard.

So these are my tips for you people who want to make animations on your computer, but there are other programs, and I forgot the names... So this is my only option.

The Harlem Globetrotters came to our school today. Well, one of them did, at least. He said his nickname was Dizzy but his real name was....... well I can't remember what his real name was. He said that his team and him made something called C.H.E.E.R. It sands for Courage, Health, Effot, Enthousyaasm, and Responsbility.

It was funny; he called people from the crowd and told them to make the different letters with their arms and legs. They all looked pretty funny.

If you go to there fan club site you can see pictures and all sorts of stuff about the Harlem Globetrotters.

I am going to tell you about a show called "I Am In The Band." I started watching it a week ago, and I saw this one episode about Jake's friend, Sharleen. He came over and he saw a piece of gum in a glass box, and he said, "Is that gum from that band you went to go see yesterday?"

"You know it, I got that gum with pride."

You reached up and grabbed his gum out of his mouth!!!!!!!

"Those were some good seats!!!"

OK then, well I have to go.

"OK my mom is cooking her home made meat loaf!"

"She makes that with fish and asparagus and broccoli and cheese doesn't she?"

Ya it's good...!

Well I have to go,

"Ya me too!"

And that is all they said to each other and then I didn't watch the rest because I had to my brother's hockey game. But the next time I saw it is were it was the first one but in was just a repeat and I said oh cool so I watched it and the most funniest part was when they do a secret hand slap but they didn't use there hands so Jake is the nephew of the leader of the band and they were about to go to a big concert and every time they do it the do it like this,

"supper weezel mack"...... POW,

and the nefu ducks before he got slapped and he said,

I am glad I am the smartesed one in the band,

as his friends were laying on the ground saying oh, ow, I think I broke my face!!!!!..........

When I get an airline ticket to anywhere, I will go to India because it sounds cool. When I go to India I will spend the first day in a hotel (the rest of the first day). I think India is cool because it has cool people, cars, pets, & drinks (also food).

The best part is the hotels. The hotels are nice, warm, and they have nice friendly service. When you eat the food you think it's the best food you ever tasted. When you taste the drinks you wonder does life ever get better than this?

The pets are super cute.

I heard that India is in poverty. When I get there I will help the kids in poverty.

When I grow up, I will travel in a nice Honda, Jeep, Mustang, or anything else that's nice.

The people are nice because they know how to deal with people.

I will also go to beaches on hot summer days. India, everyone should go to, because it has super cute pets, nice cars, yummy food, amazing drinks, and cozy hotels. Don't forget the beaches.

If you want to live in India that's not a bad choice because it's the second largest country. I will go to Calcutta.

I am pretty tall and I love donuts. My favorite donuts are chocolate ones. I would say I'm lazy because I don't get enough sleep, but I'm pretty sure I would be tired anyway. I like to organize lots of things - my room, my desk, and other stuff. I don't like to talk much, but when I do, my voice gets really quiet.

I am forgetful because if you tell me something, there's a
99% chance I'll forget what you said. I love to read and I am a fast reader. I've probably read 900 books since the time that I could read. I like to eat yummy food but I am very picky. I don't like it when different foods touch at all. GROSS! I love the french fries at Wendy's. They make the best french fries in the whole state. My favorite meal is breakfast. You know what they say, breakfast is the most important meal of the day!

A 34 year old man was getting a degree in art and he had a test to make something household. So he made an alarm clock. He went around asking people what they would want to wake up in the morning to. Most of them said bacon.

So when he went home he made an alarm clock that had a wooden pig put an alarm clock in it and a cooker. He cooked bacon in the wooden pig with light bulbs and then the fan would blow the smell out the nose of the pig and BOOM you have breakfast and you woke up!

All you have to do is put in a piece of bacon the night before and then if you set your alarm to 9:!5 the bacon will start cooking at 9:05. The bacon wont spoil because the bacon that you put in is frozen and there is no burning because he uses halogen light bulbs.

On what we did this week we did some work and some more work. We also did homework, not that much though. It was a fun this week (some week). We had indoor recess (also fun (some fun)). I played on computers all 30 minutes (45 min.).

All I did this week at home this very week of all the weeks was sleep, eat, school, eat & sleep. Like all the other weeks this was the most fun of all, a substitute came into our class. He was okay, fine, defined & great. He was a nice guy.

Today was a great day. It was also kind of short today. I got my work done which is great. To end this short paragraph I will say today is over bye.

Last week, my mom ordered a wii for me. I have been waiting and waiting and waiting; you get the point. Then, on Monday, it got to my house! I was so excited that I got it ready the night I got it. My cousin has a wii, so I know how fun it is.

When I got my wii, I was out of control because I was so excited to play it. The next day after I got it, I made a mii. A mii is a person you make on the wii that looks like you. I have two games. One of them is called Wii Sports. It is a game where you play sports such as baseball and tennis. The other game I have is called Wii Play. It has more relaxing games such as pool and fishing. I like Wii Play better, but they are both very fun.

I am hoping I will get more games for my Wii, so I can play all of them. I am so glad I bought my wii, even though I used up all of my Christmas money. It was really worth it. Now, I am a pro at the wii... almost! Best of all, all my family will be in shape!

"Once upon a time there, "said Bob.

"Hey did you see Joe's new haircut?" said Dave rudely interrupting Bob.

"I know it's so cool I love it!" said Trevor.

"Excuse me but I was telling a story!" said Bob.

"So we were talking about a cool new haircut," said Dave.

"And what were you going to tell, a boring old fairy tale!" said Trevor.

"N.. Not really. OK, yes!"

Just get on with it!"Said Bob.

And so Bob left and Trevor, Dave went on talking about Joe's new haircut, Dave said that the haircut looked so smooth it was as smooth as a baby's butt, maybe even softer.

"I want that haircut," said Trevor!"

"NO I want that haircut!"

and in the history of haircuts the biggest fight broke out!

"HEY!!! Maybe you both can have the same haircut"

And Dave looked at Trevor and Trevor looked at Dave and then they both made up and the were called the twins because they had the same haircuts forever. Until Joe got a new haircut.

Yaaaaaaaaawn. Ugh, do I really have to get up? UGH. Fine, fine, ok, FINE.

Ugh, I hate getting up really early. School should start at 11:15. And we would have was recess for an hour, then go home. Ok? Ok.

My morning goes by faster that my brother chugging down a six-pack of Pepsi. (It takes about 5 minutes for him to do so, then he goes straight to the bathroom.)

Here's a description of my morning: "Morning, Isabella," my dad says when I come up the stairs. Then-BOOM.

"OH! There's the bus, Isabella, Get going!"

Once I get to school we start math. This would be the Utterly Boring part of the story.

Then after being thoroughly tortured, we have a snack time.

Then we start.... well it's already halfway through the year and I still don't know the schedule.

Anyway, we have writing, or grammar, social studies, or science. Something like that.

Then at 12:00 we have recess. I hang out with Kaira, Makenzie, Jhenna, Kyja and Rose. Or with Jenna, Sean, Jack, Tanner, And Rannon.

Then after we are frozen to the core, we go in and have lunch at 12:30.

Then independent reading.

Then mostly finishing unfinished work, or writing on our website.

"Hey Isabella, time to get up," my Dad's soft voice gently wakes me with a back rub.

"Mmmmmmmm," I say thickly.

"Okay, breakfast is ready upstairs," he stands up off my bed and walks upstairs.

After my eyes adjust to the bright light in the hall outside my door, I sit up.

It's nice waking up to something you like, for instance, a color. My room is entirely purple. My walls are a average purple with lavender trim. I have a fluffy circular purple chair in the corner. My down comforter is a deep, deep purple. My lamp has a purple shade.

I dress, and then walk slowly upstairs. The first thing I see is my brother. He is combing his hair into his "surfer boy" hairstyle. With his massive ego that surrounds him, I predict that he has been combing for 5-7 minutes. I ask him--"How long have you been combing?"

I yield a huge yawn.

"Umm, like thirty seconds? I dunno. I just started," he says. I can hear his attempt to sound innocent.

"Liar," I thought, "you big, fat liar."

"Umm, why?" he said suddenly.

"Why what?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Ooooh, secret."

"Huh?"

"It's a secret, why I asked."

"Umm, ok? Well then, tell me." His voice didn't sound cool as he intended; it was whiny and desperate.

"Oops! Sorrrry! Can't!" I walk away, satisfied.

* * *

"Heyyyyyy Daddy-o!" My voice is still sleepy as I walk into the kitchen where Dad is making our sack lunches.

"Mornin' Pumpkin." He pulls me into a monster hug.

"What's fer breakfast?" I say, pulling away.

"Today's a cold cereal day," he says, topping off his sandwich with onions.

"Mmmmk," I say lazily on the outside, but on the inside I'm screaming, "Oh yea! Uh huh!"

Let me explain. On some days for breakfast, Dad makes Cream of Wheat; which is my favorite. Saturdays he makes a kind of delicious oatmeal called Steel Cut Oats, very good also. But most days, it's plain, old oatmeal. But not the good packeted oatmeal, the well, I don't even know what kind it is. But My dad makes it probably at 6:15 to 6:30ish. But by 7:00ish, it's jiggley and gelatin-like.

After I munch down my Crispix, and finish the newspaper comics, I style my hair.

I go into the "coat room". It's where we hang our coats, but it leads straight to the bathroom. In the coat room there is a 4.5' by 3' mirror. Awesome for styling hair! It's also got a closet that contains brushes (for our labrador, Taz, and for people) hair gel, hair spray, detangler, medicine, wash cloths, cleaning supplies, lotions, hair clips, nail polish and remover, mini mirrors (to see the back of your hair) q-tips, and cotton balls.

I turn on the hair straightener and the hair curler. After straitening my bangs and curling my thick mane, I pack my book bag.

As I brush my teeth, the clock strikes 7:48. And then- DING-DONG Right on schedule! I rinse and spit, then hop to front door and open it up to my friend and neighbor, Holly.

Afterward, we go outside to the bus stop.

I really only like the bus because alllll of my friends and I are seated in the last two rows. So I spend all my time just talking and hanging out.

UGH! School. (Shudder, shudder.) I'm fine with school and all, but when we're doing ANYTHING Social Studies, well, that's the time to run for it. I mostly just don't like Reading out of a textbook. Which is weird because I'm totally fine with reading my science textbook. I guess it's because we always do hands-on stuff in that subject. (To Mr. Noon, that doesn't mean we should do more Social Studies.)

RIIIIING.
8:30

RIIIIING.
8:35

Yay! (~sarcasm~) Time for math!

Ever heard of a bacon clock? Well I have. Haven't you? Click this link - http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/MoreStories/New-alarm-clock.

Read this story about a kid that designed a clock without a alarm; instead he used the aroma of bacon.

Fly on the Wall is a process of sitting somewhere you've been assigned to sit, being really quiet, and writing down what you hear and see! Its really fun. The place you're at could be quiet, or busy.

The places I was at during Fly on the Wall were the office, near the staircase at the back of the school, and in the hallway. While I was in the office I saw that Ms. Laiti decorates her computer monitor with butterflys! I thought it was cool and pretty. It was so noisy! I wonder what it's like for Mr.Doran to be in his room, five feet from the office! Plus, I noticed kids kept coming and going every two minutes.

Near the staircase at the back of the school was another destination I was placed. I thought it was very quiet & non-busy. One thing I didn't write down was outside. I only saw three people through the whole thirty minutes, Mr. Noon, and two students!

I am going to tell you about Fly on the Wall. It is a cool thing Mr. Noon made up. You go around the school and you get put in a place where you write down everything you see or hear. My class did it 3 times.

The first time I was near the stairs at the back of the building and when someone came in, the wind came in too. The place was a real quiet place and when the wind flows up the stairs you can see your breath in front of your face and you could hear whispers from everywhere.

The second time I was in a warmer place. I was upstairs by Ms. Hill's room. Everything was going off like a siren. I heard and saw a teacher walk by with heavy footsteps and squeeky shoes. And I saw Mr. Noon and Ms. Streeter walking towards me, closer and closer, I felt helpless sitting down on the floor.

About a week ago, I was walking around the school and I saw a bird playing in a tree. It was really close to me so I pulled out my phone and was ready to take a picture. Right when I took the picture, the bird flew away, but I got an amazing photo of a bird flying away. It was so beautiful, I got part of the sun setting in it, too.

I wish I knew how you get it off my phone, so I could show the readers of this blog. Well, I guess you can imagine what it looks like.

5-4-3-2-1 a person has just been kidnapped somewhere in the world. I don't want this to happen ever again, so here are 5 simple things you can do to stay safe and out of danger.

1. Always lock your door before you go to bed.

2. Don't forget to lock and close your window when you leave or just when your heading off to bed.

3. If you go out at night always go with a friend and bring your cell-phone if you have one.

4. If you park in a parking garage at night and there is someone sitting in the car next to yours and there just sitting there DON'T get in your car; walk back to whereever you came from and have a friend walk you to you car, and get in the passenger seat - not the diver's seat.

5. This is the simplest thing in the book, don't talk or go with some person you just met.

Think about what you just read and follow the steps and please stay safe.

Living in Alaska is great but there is some good reasons to not live in Alaska. Here are some: The weather in Alaska gets really cold; one time it got to -50. It was freezing that day, I got real sick. So this isn't the place you want to live in the winter. Also most of the cities are really small so if you're looking for a big city, this ain't the right place for you. And it's full of bugs like mosquitoes and big spruce beetles.