Holiday World

Yesterday I went to Holiday World with some friends. It was my first time there! I had a blast! I rode The Raven, The Legend, and The Voyage!! The Voyage is the fastest and tallest wooden roller coaster in the world! I still can't believe I actually rode it. It was a lot of fun though!










In the water park I rode most of the water slides and swam in the wave pool. The wave pool was fun! It is a wave pool that has 8 different wave patterns, and the waves make the pool go from 4 feet to 6 feet high (or in the deepest part, 6 feet to 8 feet).

As for the water slides, The Wildebeest was probably my favorite (despite the hour wait). It's the worlds longest water coaster! It was quite a bit of fun. On the drops you practically left the slide and went airborne! It also went extremely fast!

In this picture is a tree frog I caught right before the park closed (while eating an ice cream cone!) The picture is kind of blurry and the frog kept squirming around so it got in the wrong position, but here it is! Just figured I'd post about him too. You don't see tree frogs around here often.


Until next time,
~Eler Beth~

Very Very Tired

So tired! I've been at our annual Jehovah's Witnesses Convention we have every year for the past 2 days. Tomorrow/today will be the last day. It has been a lot of fun and I saw old friends and made new ones. The program has been excellent! Learned so much and got a lot of encouragement! I can't wait until next year!

I went swimming at our hotel earlier tonight. I'm usually very nervous in water, but I wasn't at all this time! I'm getting better at swimming too! I had a lot of fun, and now I'm extremely sore haha!

Anyway, just figured I'd make a post while my mom was doing my hair. Didn't have to much too write today.
Until later,
~Eler Beth~

P.S. I will be posting about my formal sometime soon, just haven't gotten the chance yet.

Far Too Long....

It's been far too long since my last post. With Facebook and all, I just don't think to come on here and make a post as often. But once again, I'm going to try and post more regularly, even if the posts aren't much.

Lately I haven't been doing much. Andrew has been doing a Legend of Zelda Series play through this week so I've been watching him most of the time. It's been pretty amusing and a good break from some other games (the play through is the span of 2 weeks and we aren't doing much else). Also, if anyone would be interested in watching, you can watch a stream of it here (he usually plays in the evening)

I'm currently taking care of my cousins pet rabbits. Because of circumstances she can't keep them at her house at the moment, so I offered to take care of them until she can. They seem to be getting along well with our other rabbits, but not with me! One will thump it's back legs if I get to close. But I think they will settle down in due time.

Today has been quite boring so I don't have much else to say :/ Hopefully I can post in the blog more regularly.
Until Later,
~Eler Beth~

P.S. I just remembered I never posted about my formal dance (though I'm sure my mom did). I'll probably post some pictures and stuff from that later!

NaBloPoMo: Last Day

Well, it's the last day of NaBloPoMo. I actually made it! Just because it is over doesn't mean I'll stop posting though. I'll probably post weekly or whenever something really interesting happens.

I really have no idea of what to post today. I didn't really think about it. I guess I'll just post about stuff. I hate for my last post for NaNo to be short, but I think it will have to be.

I've been playing Kingdom hearts today. It is so much fun, but my PS2 is messed up so I can't turn it off for more that 30 minutes without it taking an hour to start back up again. This is quite a problem. I think it has a motor problem or something, so I'll probably get a new PS2 someday, but for now, it will do.


All my pets are doing fine. I haven't seen my rabbits in days because it's been cold and I've been sick so my mom has been feeding them for me. I'm sure they are doing fine though. All my birds are doing good. Boris has been singing, Schroeder has too a little bit. Lucy has been rather quiet though. Samantha has been doing well. She sleeps on the heated side of her cage most of the time because it's kind of chilly. Sophie is still doing well. She is getting used to her new home I think. I'm so glad we got her.

My mom is listening to a book on tape with my dad while he cuts up deer. I'm not sure which one it is, but I think it's a Georgette Heyer book. I have no idea why I'm talking about this.

Me and Andrew have been playing Donkey Kong Country Returns a lot lately and it is so much fun!!!! We are very good at using team work in the game. It is a lot of fun to be playing a 2 player game together where I get to do important stuff too! Sometimes his character dies and I have to go through half the stage all by myself! I really love this game and it is just so much fun to play!

Well, I think this is the end of my post. I can't think of anything else to talk about.
Until the next time I post,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 29

Well, tomorrow is the last day of NaBloPoMo. I actually made it this year. It was pretty fun this year too.

I'm just about over being sick and I am so glad. I am going to a sleep over on Saturday and didn't want to miss it! It will be a three day long sleep over with a bunch of my friends. I can't wait!!!

Sophie is doing well. We are pretty sure her name will be Sophie, unless we think of something better. She has been eating and drinking alright, which is good. We had to make something to hang the water bottle on the side of the fish tank because she wouldn't drink out of a bowl. It works perfectly.

As far as deer hunting goes, I have only been out once this year. Because I was sick last week/weekend I couldn't make it out. I'll probably get back out there during muzzle loader season. It's ok if I don't though, at least we already have a few deer in the freezer, and my dad can get more in muzzle loader season.

Well, that is all for today. I hope you liked this post that I just threw together.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 28

I'm almost over my cold I think (I hope). Our hedgehog is doing well. We are trying out the name Sophie for now, but we aren't sure yet.

I forgot to talk about what anointing is and why the hedgehogs do it yesterday, so I am going to today, the only problem is how to explain it. When hedgehogs find something with a really interesting smell, they tug on it or lick it. Then they contort themselves, foam at the mouth, and lick their spines with the foam. No one really knows why they do this, but some think it has to do with self defense.

Hedgehogs are very resistant to toxins (they are one of the few animals able to eat giant toads), and when they find something that might be toxic, they get it in their mouth, foam, and lick themselves with it. That way they are kind of poisonous in a way. At least that is what a few think they do it for. There are many more theories about why they do this anointing act.

You've really got to see this to see how neat it is. Maybe I'll video tape Sophie doing it sometime, that is, if I see her doing it again. Here is a picture of a hedgehog self anointing (I pulled it from the internet lol). It's not the best example on how much they can contort themselves, but it will do for now lol.

Well, that is all for today!
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: What Day is it Again?

Today I actually did something! For the first time in a week, I went somewhere and did something! I'm not as sick as I was and I am feeling so much better!

Say hello to our new hedgehog!
This time it's my moms pet (though she said she would share her with me) She doesn't have a name yet. She is 10 weeks old and just loosing her baby spines. She is very alert and very active, but while getting her out of her cage, she curls up and hisses at us. It will take some time to completely tame her.

My mom has always wanted to get a hedgehog, and the other day, while looking at a hedgehog picture, she said "Oh it's so cute! I've always wanted to get a hedgehog" or something like that. So I said "What if I found one for around $10?". She said I wouldn't, and she was right. I did find one on craigslist for $50 though. It was a year and a half old and was a rescue. After some thinking, we decided to get it, but by the time the lady read our email, it had already been bought. So me and my mom both got on craigslist looking for a hedgehog immediately afterwards. I found one person saying they had a cinnamon pinto hedgie for sale or trade and to text, call, or email her. I sent a text and she responded in less than 10 minutes. I made the whole deal for her hedgehog over text around 12:00 am. She had wanted $100 for her, but she sold her for $80. We picked her up today around 12:30 pm.

The car ride home was a lot of fun. Our Hedgehog(she doesn't have a name yet so what am I to call her) kept running up to my shoulder and getting behind my neck. She kept tugging at my shirt and hair and licking her spines (We later found out this is called anointing but I'll talk about that later). She was very energetic during the ride home and wanted to explore everywhere!


When we got home we set up a fish tank we had with bedding and her igloo and stuff. This wont be her permanent cage, but we are using it until we fix up our other one. She went right into her igloo and went to sleep. After an hour or two (or at least it felt like it) we decided to take her out of her cage for a while. She started hissing at me right away and curled up into a ball. I used a towel to pick her up because of her spines (which didn't help much btw). It took us FOREVER to unroll her! She would start to unroll and then we would make a slight movement and she curled back up! It was pretty funny and kinda cool. Once she unrolled though she was fine and wanted to explore more.

Right now she is asleep, but she should be waking up soon. They are nocturnal after all. I'm so glad we got her! I had never actually seen a hedgehog up close before. There was a teacher in my school before that had one, but I never got to really see it, but I think I saw it from afar once. My mom is going to name her after a character in a Shakespeare book, or a Georgette Heyer book, but she isn't sure which one yet.

And no, we are not going to name her after any sonic character. Though maybe one day I will get some hedgehogs and name them Sonic, Amy, and Shadow (I do like the name Shadow).







That's all for today. I should have more pictures and the name of our hedgehog soon.
Until Tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~
P.S. I realized I forgot to talk about anointing, so I will talk about it tomorrow.

NaBloPoMo: Day 26

Still REALLY sick. I've even been coughing up today, but at least I'm getting it out of my chest. I really do not feel well.

I found these cool tissues at kroger today. They are puffs with lotion AND vicks! They are really making me feel better (kinda).

I really wish I hadn't gotten sick during NaBloPoMo because I don't feel like making posts. This is all I've got for today.
Until Tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

Edit: I had forgotten to put the title on the post.

NaBloPoMo: Day 25

Sick! I am still really sick! My sore throat went away, but I'm still sneezing and coughing and have a runny nose. I am so tired and no matter how much I sleep, I can't stop being tired. I actually just woke up from a nap. I really hope this cold goes away soon!

I played Donkey Kong Country Returns today with Andrew. It's a really fun game! the controls took time to get used to, but once I did, it was really cool. The game doesn't remind me of DKC much, but it is sorta like it.

I think i posted enough for this to qualify as a post.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBlopoMo: Day 24

Well, i woke up sick today! i have a very scratchy throut and I keep sneezing. I've been staying in bed and playing Pokemon mystery dungeon all day, I felt to bad to do anything else.

I really don't feel up to posting anything else.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 23

Well, I'm not sore from skating anymore, and I can walk without limping now! I'm glad, because those two days were the most miserable two days of my life!

I Stayed inside all day today, didn't feel like going anywhere or doing anything. I didn't even play any video games..... What did I do today? I think all I did was watch tv today.

I watched Aladin today, I love that movie! It is very funny and fun to watch. It has to be one of my favorite Disney movies, next to Beauty and the Beast and Mulan. Mulan is my all time favorite!


I've been watching, talking about, and looking up a lot of Disney stuff, which has made me want to play Kingdom Hearts II. Kingdom hearts is a game with Final fantasy characters, and Disney characters and places all put into one amazing game. I could try to explain the plot, but It wouldn't make sense (I don't even fully understand it, but it's really cool).


You play as Sora, who is the Keyblade wielder (which is a key shaped sword), who is trying to do something or another (I forgot what) and Donald and Goofy are helping him. I'm going to give up on explaining here because I've comepletely forgotten the details of the game. Anyway, the game is really cool and fun, and I'm going to be playing it soon.


NaBloPoMo is nearly over. I've done so well so far. I hope I can make it the last seven days.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

Dearly Beloved

NABloPoMo: Day 22

Well, today I found out how cheaply made my new skates are. They are made almost completely out of plastic. But it's ok, I can use these ones to skate outside and buy some really good ones later.

Thats is about all I did today. I am to sore from skating to do anything lately. I can barely walk, haha.

Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 21

Today I didn't do much. I am so sore from yesterday! I can barely walk! I am sore everywhere!!! Everywhere from my neck to my foot! It even hurts to sit down. Hopefully this goes away very soon!

We went and bought me some skates today! They are Cobra Roller Derby skates (Though they are mens skates, it doesn't really matter). Someone was selling them for only 25 dollars. They are practically brand new and fit perfectly. Too bad I'll have to wait until January to use them.

That is about all I did today.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 20

Well today I went to a skating party. I had a lot of fun!!! My dad went and skated. He is an amazing skater, doing tricks like skating backwards! He and a friend of ours named Irvin used to get skating parties together and they are both great skaters, and they were both at this party so it was a lot of fun to watch! Irvin is a really fast skater, faster than my dad, but my dad is good at tricks and stuff, and he is pretty fast. Many people came up to my dad saying he was the best skater there. It was really funny! But he was the best skater there, along with Irvin. I should video tape it sometime.

I am a pretty good skater myself, and I have one trick I can do (though it's not really much of a trick). I go really fast and then bend down, to where it looks like I'm sitting down, then I stick out my right leg and it turns me. Everyone calls it a trick, but it's the only way I can turn, lol.

I think being a good skater runs in the family, my dad's side. My cousin was there and it was his third time skating, and he was great at it! He only fell down once, he kept his balance very well, and he was really fast. His sister (my cousin) and I were shocked!

Well that is all today, I got to get to bed. I'm tired and sore.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 19

I actually got out of the house today, but the whole time I was to carsick to enjoy it. Not too much happened today, so I'm going to post about a few new games coming out and a new tv show (My post is mostly about the tv show).


Donkey Kong Country Returns
Donkey Kong Country Returns is coming out on the 21st, two days from now. It is a new Donkey Kong game that has the style of the Donkey Kong Country games. It's the first Donkey Kong game since the country games that looks really good, and me and Andrew are really excited for it!! Hopefully it will bring back the old Donkey Kong game feel!


Disney Epic Mickey
Disney Epic Mickey is a new game coming out on the 30th. I happened to see the opening of it and a bit of the first part of the game and it actually looks good (Despite the fact that it nearly scared me half to death). It reminds me a little bit of Kingdom Hearts. I would explain the plot, but I don't fully understand it myself, so I'll explain it in one sentence: It looks cool!
I'll go ahead and post the description from GameFAQs.

Disney Epic Mickey is an action-adventure platforming game for the Wii console that sends Mickey Mouse on an epic journey of creativity and discovery. As Mickey, the player is propelled into Wasteland, an alternate world made up of Disney's forgotten creative efforts, and is given the power to wield paint and paint thinner to dynamically change the world while determining Mickey's path to becoming an epic hero.


Pac-Man Party and Pac-Man Tv Show
I found out about a game called Pac-Man Party this morning. My first thought was that this is an abomination! Pac-Man games should be Pac-Man games! It was the weirdest thing I had ever seen... at least then it was. I couldn't understand why they made a party game where you play as Pac-Man, Inky, Pinky, Blinky, Clyde, and two other unknown characters. I then noticed that it was "based off" a new Pac-Man tv show that is being made.

The new Pac-Man tv show... Now this is the weirdest thing I've ever seen! It is a tv show about Pac-Man, who is in high school, who has to protect Pac-Land from a bunch of ghost that are trying to take it over. He is assisted by his Pac-friends and four friendly ghosts: Inky, Pinkey, Blinkey, and Clyde.

The fact that Pac-Man is in High school really made me laugh! The fact that Inky, Pinkey, Blinkey, and Clyde are good guys and helping him sorta irritated me and also made me laugh.

In an interview, the producer, Avi Arad, said that "he wants it to have more depth than just fighting ghosts: It could tackle social issues like racism, too." He also said "We wanted to keep Pac-Man the same lovable guy he has always been, but put him in the 21st century. We also wanted to talk about real stories and see how they can relate to our lives, being in high school and being a teenager. At the end of the day, it's the story of a reluctant hero."

How they got this much out of a game where you eat dots and eat the ghost chasing you I don't know. I think it is really funny that they are going to have him "tackle social issues". They have completely made a tv series out of a game without a story.

My Sources:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.203075-New-Pac-Man-TV-Series-Could-Tackle-Racism?page=1

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118020718?refCatId=1009

Well, that is all for today. I am barely making the deadline today.
Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 18

Well, lately I haven't been posting much interesting stuff, but this week hasn't been that interesting. I've been inside the house all week and barely even went outside. It's been a very gloomy and rainy week.


I've been playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2: Explorers of Sky most of the time lately and that is about it. It's my favorite game. It's the first game I legitimately beat by myself (Besides those sesame street games and a few other "kid" games I played when I was younger).

Basically, the story line is about a human who gets turned into a pokemon and loses his/her memory, meets a pokemon whose dream is to join a pokemon exploration team and forms a team with it, hoping to someday get his/her memory back and find out how she/he turned into a pokemon.

One day I was looking for a new game to play, and I remembered Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. I had played it before, but I never understood what to do and gave up on the game. I asked Andrew if it was a good game, and he said that it was fun, but it had "no replay value" so not to waste my money on it. I kept looking into it and it really looked like a fun game, so I found Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2: Explorers of darkness on Ebay for 16 dollars and bought it anyway. I've played it three times since and I am on my fourth time now! This is absolutely my favorite game!

I've beaten Explorers of Darkness once, Explorers of Time once, and Explorers of Sky once and am now on my second time. The second time I played it, when I played Time, I didn't beat the after story, but the other times I played it, I beat the whole thing, including the whole after story. When I played Time after playing Darkness, I noticed they put a few different items in each game and a few different pokemon. Personally, I think Time had the better items.

Wow, this turned out to be kind of a review of the game, and I was only planning on posting the plot. I think that is all I'm going to post today.

Until Tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 17

Today I found out about a new band, or a comedy band. Not sure if that qualifies as a band :/ They are called The Axis of Awesome. Their lead singer looks just like Jack Black!! Seriously!

I only know two songs by them, but those two songs are the funniest things ever. I definitely recommend listening to these songs, that is if you want a good laugh!

The first one I heard is called BirdPlane.

BirdPlane


The Other one I heard is called 4 Chords. Now the first video isn't the whole song, but basically this is what the whole song is. I'll post the whole song underneath this video in case you would like to hear it, but you should listen to the other video first.

4 Chords

4 Chords


That it for today.
Until Tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 16

Day 16, I seem to be barely making the post requirement. I'm to tired to post much, but my day today was alright. I played Pokemon Mystery Dungeon most of the day. My dad cut up the deer meat. We will be packaging it soon.
I don't have to much more to say today. It was raining so I was stuck in the house all day.

I guess that's all for now.
Until a later date,
~Eler Beth~

NaBloPoMo: Day 15

I'm really tired, so I'm just going to do a summary of my day, best idea I had for a post.

I was really bored and irritated today! I've been hungry all day and I don't feel like eating anything (Though I did eat some pizza). I went to the store. I started a file on Pokemon Mystery Dungeon again, got to the very first save spot, then abandoned the game for the rest of the day. Went on the computer and went back and forth between my bookmarks. Watched the news with my mom (For 30 minutes or so). Sat around and did nothing. Watched some AFV. Watched 30 minutes of Freaky Friday. Watched a one hour episode of Hannah Montana. Watched Andrew play a video game for maybe 30 minutes. And now I'm making this post.

I probably left out some things, but I think I got most of it.

Until Tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~
-Face-Palm-
The way I feel right now

NaBloPoMo: Day 14

Well, I didn't go hunting today, but my dad did. He got FOUR DOES this morning!! That's the most deer he has ever gotten in one day! He gave two to our hunting buddy, and we kept the other two. Our freezer will be stocked this year! It is a really good year so far!

I'm not sure of much else to talk about. Not much happened today. I slept in and rested since I was sore this morning. I guess this is the end of my post.

Until tomorrow,
~Eler Beth~