You saw the title! That's right! I went on a cruise with the cruiseline Carnival. Now, I didn't want to post about the entire trip, so I figured I might as well just talk about my favorite things ABOUT the trip.
I think the main thing that I want to talk about is Ping-Pong. I played a ton of it on the ship. Andy and I were having some intense battles, and I think we ended up in a tie for how many games we won. We played each game first to 21, win by two. We had a game go clear up to 38 before it ended. It was fun times.
The next thing is the spray-paint artist. This guy was incredible. He would take some posterboards, spray some of the paint from the cans, and then use newspaper, plastic bags, and a few bowls to create incredible works of art. He would spray, wipe with a newspaper, cover it, and then spray more and VOILA, Jupiter was sitting on the paper. It was crazy.
Finally, I think the last thing was the food. I think if I was to choose between my favorite food, and Carnival food, I would choose carnival. It was so good. The thing I liked best was their Black Tiger Shrimp. It was delicious.
Anyway, feel free to ask questions about the cruise. I can answer them in further posts or in the comments section. I'll do my best to stay on top of that.
Oh, and disregard the Sections thing in my last post. I've got another blog for that.
May your life be filled with smiles!
Monday, July 25, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Being Gone
Well, it's been quite a while since I last posted. My last post was actually during my HTML class as a Sophomore. Right now, I'm a Senior in High School. Missed a full 2 years. Holy cow.
Anyway, I just thought that I should post about my life so far, and the major events and stuff like that.
So, from that time, Junior year happened. Absolute torture.
Now, I'm in the summer of Senior year. It's time for me to relax and enjoy.
As for events, here's what went down:
1.) I was a member of Gem Boys State, which was a crappy experience, but looks good on college applications.
2.) I went on the Martin's Cove Handcart Trek.
3.) I went to a Tennis Tournament in Boise. I lost every match.
That's what's been going down.
Now, the next thing about this blog is that I'm going to be posting about a game that I like, Starcraft II. This game is an RTS (Real Time Strategy) game. Meaning, that there's a LOT of thinking involved in the game.
The reason I'm going to be posting about this game is because I could possibly get help on the game.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to get into tournaments for it or anything. I just want to get good at the game and be able to enjoy playing it.
For those of you who don't want to read that stuff, I'll be posting two sections. Regular Life sections and StarCraft II sections. That way, you can skip over me talking about a dumb game, and you can find out my recent shenanigans.
So yeah. That's what my plan is for this blog. Hopefully, if someone Google's my name, or Google's StarCraft II strategies or something, my blog will be tagged.
Right'o, that's all for this post. Be expecting lots more. Enjoy!
Anyway, I just thought that I should post about my life so far, and the major events and stuff like that.
So, from that time, Junior year happened. Absolute torture.
Now, I'm in the summer of Senior year. It's time for me to relax and enjoy.
As for events, here's what went down:
1.) I was a member of Gem Boys State, which was a crappy experience, but looks good on college applications.
2.) I went on the Martin's Cove Handcart Trek.
3.) I went to a Tennis Tournament in Boise. I lost every match.
That's what's been going down.
Now, the next thing about this blog is that I'm going to be posting about a game that I like, Starcraft II. This game is an RTS (Real Time Strategy) game. Meaning, that there's a LOT of thinking involved in the game.
The reason I'm going to be posting about this game is because I could possibly get help on the game.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to get into tournaments for it or anything. I just want to get good at the game and be able to enjoy playing it.
For those of you who don't want to read that stuff, I'll be posting two sections. Regular Life sections and StarCraft II sections. That way, you can skip over me talking about a dumb game, and you can find out my recent shenanigans.
So yeah. That's what my plan is for this blog. Hopefully, if someone Google's my name, or Google's StarCraft II strategies or something, my blog will be tagged.
Right'o, that's all for this post. Be expecting lots more. Enjoy!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
HTML Midterm
So, I've been in my HTML class 6 units so far. There are 7 in the class, so I'm almost done. After a little while, we've finally gotten into the routine, and our class is getting along. However, as I'm doing assignments, I run into problems. Here's one:
I sat down, quickly tick-tacking my name and password into the computer. Casually I open up all the things I need, and I read my instructions: "Below the code for your h2 tag, type this code (I can't quite remember it, but this is a rough estimate:
#sidebar {
font-family: arial, helvetica, san-serif;
color: black;
backround-color: white;
border: red solid thick;
padding: 1em;
margin-left: .5em; } "
Easily I type it in and hit Alt+F+S. Then, I hit Alt+Tab and switch to the Internet. I've got the html document open, and so I just hit F5. The code I typed in doesn't change a thing. What did I do? I go back to my codes. Oh. I forgot to apply the id selector. Hastily I arrow down to the place I'm supposed to put in the code: div id="sidebar". I put it in, put the /div in and go back and hit refresh. It still doesn't change. I groan on the inside. Now I have to go back, reread my code and find the single typo that caused 2012 to happen in my computer. I go back. I've typed everything right. I glance back and forth. Still nothing wrong. Great, I must've put the wrong thing SOMEWHERE ELSE! Now I have to go back through the whole DOCUMENT! I start at the beginning. Nothing wrong. I get to my first thing, the Body tag. Nothing wrong there. I go through further and further. I go to my h2 selector. Here's the code I had:
h2 {
color: red;
background-color: black;
text-align: center }
Can anyone spot the error? I didn't see it until I went over it a third time.
I FORGOT THE SEMICOLON AFTER THE CENTER. Wow. It took me fifteen minutes to put in a dumb semicolon. I felt almost as stupid as a fly who goes to a bug zapper. I put the semicolon in and what happens? EVERYTHING WORKS. Yeah, I know. I live a horrible life.
I sat down, quickly tick-tacking my name and password into the computer. Casually I open up all the things I need, and I read my instructions: "Below the code for your h2 tag, type this code (I can't quite remember it, but this is a rough estimate:
#sidebar {
font-family: arial, helvetica, san-serif;
color: black;
backround-color: white;
border: red solid thick;
padding: 1em;
margin-left: .5em; } "
Easily I type it in and hit Alt+F+S. Then, I hit Alt+Tab and switch to the Internet. I've got the html document open, and so I just hit F5. The code I typed in doesn't change a thing. What did I do? I go back to my codes. Oh. I forgot to apply the id selector. Hastily I arrow down to the place I'm supposed to put in the code: div id="sidebar". I put it in, put the /div in and go back and hit refresh. It still doesn't change. I groan on the inside. Now I have to go back, reread my code and find the single typo that caused 2012 to happen in my computer. I go back. I've typed everything right. I glance back and forth. Still nothing wrong. Great, I must've put the wrong thing SOMEWHERE ELSE! Now I have to go back through the whole DOCUMENT! I start at the beginning. Nothing wrong. I get to my first thing, the Body tag. Nothing wrong there. I go through further and further. I go to my h2 selector. Here's the code I had:
h2 {
color: red;
background-color: black;
text-align: center }
Can anyone spot the error? I didn't see it until I went over it a third time.
I FORGOT THE SEMICOLON AFTER THE CENTER. Wow. It took me fifteen minutes to put in a dumb semicolon. I felt almost as stupid as a fly who goes to a bug zapper. I put the semicolon in and what happens? EVERYTHING WORKS. Yeah, I know. I live a horrible life.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Untouchable
Don't let the title fool you. I just wanted to have a coolio title. Anyway, I had to post how my Tennis tryouts went.
Last year, I made Junior Varsity. This was not the best thing. I didn't like it. It was not super fun. I mean, I liked it, but I didn't think it was the coolest thing ever. This year, I tried out again.
So, here's how it went:
I arrived at tryouts. The sun was shining. A friend I knew was there. We had previously talked about tryouts, and we both hoped to make Varsity. I parked my truck and pulled the key out. My hand was shaking. I opened the door.
"Coby. You ready?"
"Ready as I can get." I slammed the door shut, my bag bouncing on my leg. I walked to the other side. All the other side doors were locked. I open the gate and we gather around Coach Vogt.
"Alright. Take three laps, stretch, and we'll start." We do this, and then we begin. We line up on the North side of the courts. Sean, the local pro, starts to feed us.
"Alright, I'll tell you court 1, 2, or 3 after you hit a few." The first three go. All go to court one. All were extremely good. The next one goes. He's called to court 3. The next 4 go. All Court 1. All Varsity material. I'm up.
The ball lands, and I hit it. Bad feed, I have to pick it up off the ground.
Second one. Bad feed again. I'm off balance. Too far away from me.
Third one. Again, bad feed. I pick it up off the ground once more.
"Court 3." Rats! JV again!
I watch the last people go. We all are in court 3. The coaches count the people on Varsity. There are 8. There needs to be 10. The coaches decide to get 2 JV onto the Varsity, so we go again. We serve.
I serve incredible. We have to hit again. I get good feeds. I hit okayish. We sit on the court, waiting the final decision. They deliberate for a while. We're all called to gather around the coaches. Coach Vogt pulls out her clipboard.
"Okay, great tryouts everyone. These people are to meet me here at Bruin Courts for Varsity practice on Monday."
I hold my breath.
"Dan Olsen. Andrew Bortz. Michael Zitterkopf. Dallas Hunt. Punn. Nathan Algate. Christopher Slette. Jeff Ward. Ryan Algate. Coby Carter."
I just about pass out.
I MADE VARSITY TENNIS!!!!!!!
Last year, I made Junior Varsity. This was not the best thing. I didn't like it. It was not super fun. I mean, I liked it, but I didn't think it was the coolest thing ever. This year, I tried out again.
So, here's how it went:
I arrived at tryouts. The sun was shining. A friend I knew was there. We had previously talked about tryouts, and we both hoped to make Varsity. I parked my truck and pulled the key out. My hand was shaking. I opened the door.
"Coby. You ready?"
"Ready as I can get." I slammed the door shut, my bag bouncing on my leg. I walked to the other side. All the other side doors were locked. I open the gate and we gather around Coach Vogt.
"Alright. Take three laps, stretch, and we'll start." We do this, and then we begin. We line up on the North side of the courts. Sean, the local pro, starts to feed us.
"Alright, I'll tell you court 1, 2, or 3 after you hit a few." The first three go. All go to court one. All were extremely good. The next one goes. He's called to court 3. The next 4 go. All Court 1. All Varsity material. I'm up.
The ball lands, and I hit it. Bad feed, I have to pick it up off the ground.
Second one. Bad feed again. I'm off balance. Too far away from me.
Third one. Again, bad feed. I pick it up off the ground once more.
"Court 3." Rats! JV again!
I watch the last people go. We all are in court 3. The coaches count the people on Varsity. There are 8. There needs to be 10. The coaches decide to get 2 JV onto the Varsity, so we go again. We serve.
I serve incredible. We have to hit again. I get good feeds. I hit okayish. We sit on the court, waiting the final decision. They deliberate for a while. We're all called to gather around the coaches. Coach Vogt pulls out her clipboard.
"Okay, great tryouts everyone. These people are to meet me here at Bruin Courts for Varsity practice on Monday."
I hold my breath.
"Dan Olsen. Andrew Bortz. Michael Zitterkopf. Dallas Hunt. Punn. Nathan Algate. Christopher Slette. Jeff Ward. Ryan Algate. Coby Carter."
I just about pass out.
I MADE VARSITY TENNIS!!!!!!!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Jobs
I recently was thinking about money, and about how much everything costs nowadays, and I came down to one solution to all MY money problems:
I have to get a job.
Now, I realize some of you out there are laughing and saying of course, but I DON'T want to get a job right now. I'd have to work every day and then come home, do jobs, practice piano, do homework, and then I'd have like, 30 minutes to relax. Now, I'm not saying that this is bad, I just don't like doing everything in one day with that much time left.
There's also the issue of playing Tennis.
I plan to make Varsity this year, and I have to practice every day in order to play in the games. This means Monday through Friday, 3:30 to 5:30. Wow. Not much room for much else.
Thankfully though, during the summer, I might have a lot more time for that stuff, and no homework, so I'll be just fine there.
My biggest problem is finding a job at 15. Not many people hire then. Usually it's at 16. This means I have to wait a whole year in order to get a job. However, I keep thinking of the money I could be saving while switching to Allstate.
Just kidding. However, I am thinking of the money. Minimum wage is $7.50 an hour. That's a lot of dough for Coby.
Anyway, just a thought I had. Hope you enjoyed it.
I have to get a job.
Now, I realize some of you out there are laughing and saying of course, but I DON'T want to get a job right now. I'd have to work every day and then come home, do jobs, practice piano, do homework, and then I'd have like, 30 minutes to relax. Now, I'm not saying that this is bad, I just don't like doing everything in one day with that much time left.
There's also the issue of playing Tennis.
I plan to make Varsity this year, and I have to practice every day in order to play in the games. This means Monday through Friday, 3:30 to 5:30. Wow. Not much room for much else.
Thankfully though, during the summer, I might have a lot more time for that stuff, and no homework, so I'll be just fine there.
My biggest problem is finding a job at 15. Not many people hire then. Usually it's at 16. This means I have to wait a whole year in order to get a job. However, I keep thinking of the money I could be saving while switching to Allstate.
Just kidding. However, I am thinking of the money. Minimum wage is $7.50 an hour. That's a lot of dough for Coby.
Anyway, just a thought I had. Hope you enjoyed it.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Piano
Lately, I have gotten addicted to playing the piano. It's usually the thing I do when I wanna pound something.
The main song I play is "What I've Done" by Linkin Park. However, I know several songs.
Usually, whenever there's a dance, I go find a piano and play for about thirty minutes total. I get a lot of amazed looks, and I really enjoy it.
However, I face a problem.
I have run out of songs to learn, and I cannot find the ones that I want.
The main song I want is the one from Paul Cardall called Baptism. I know, Thomas can play it, however, I really want to, as I need some calmer songs to play.
If you could make any suggestions as to what I could play, please let me know. I am open to anything.
Also, if you could, please post as to where I could get the music. I don't want to go scouring for about three hours and come up dry. If you don't know, I will look, but I'm just eager to play something.
The main song I play is "What I've Done" by Linkin Park. However, I know several songs.
Usually, whenever there's a dance, I go find a piano and play for about thirty minutes total. I get a lot of amazed looks, and I really enjoy it.
However, I face a problem.
I have run out of songs to learn, and I cannot find the ones that I want.
The main song I want is the one from Paul Cardall called Baptism. I know, Thomas can play it, however, I really want to, as I need some calmer songs to play.
If you could make any suggestions as to what I could play, please let me know. I am open to anything.
Also, if you could, please post as to where I could get the music. I don't want to go scouring for about three hours and come up dry. If you don't know, I will look, but I'm just eager to play something.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
HTML
Recently, I posted about being on a class online. This class is called HTML. HTML is the language for web pages. So basically, I'm making web-pages.
Now, I'm not saying I'm an expert, or that I'm the worst, but I am actually making web pages, and I think they look good!
My first web-page was called listingnew.htm, and it was pretty neat, being the first web page I ever made. I liked the fact that it was really fun to make too. However, the problem is that the web-pages are really basic. My homepage, I didn't have too much code, but I do have a lot of elements that I like in it. I have a list, I have inserted an image that wraps around text, and I have a line that separates my assignments from my d me page. I really enjoyed it.
Now, the reason I'm talking about this is because I have a craving to make web pages. Lately, all I've wanted to do is make one. I really like it. Now, this doesn't mean I CAN, because I can't. I don't have a use for anything I make, so all I really have to so is sit and wait for assignments.
I'm not sure why, but I've also really enjoyed the class itself. It's really fun and easy too! The teacher is very knowledgeable about what material is, and she's very nice about helping out.
Anyway, that's all about this post for now. Please comment if there's anything you want to know. I really enjoy reading the comments. Thanks for reading!
Now, I'm not saying I'm an expert, or that I'm the worst, but I am actually making web pages, and I think they look good!
My first web-page was called listingnew.htm, and it was pretty neat, being the first web page I ever made. I liked the fact that it was really fun to make too. However, the problem is that the web-pages are really basic. My homepage, I didn't have too much code, but I do have a lot of elements that I like in it. I have a list, I have inserted an image that wraps around text, and I have a line that separates my assignments from my d me page. I really enjoyed it.
Now, the reason I'm talking about this is because I have a craving to make web pages. Lately, all I've wanted to do is make one. I really like it. Now, this doesn't mean I CAN, because I can't. I don't have a use for anything I make, so all I really have to so is sit and wait for assignments.
I'm not sure why, but I've also really enjoyed the class itself. It's really fun and easy too! The teacher is very knowledgeable about what material is, and she's very nice about helping out.
Anyway, that's all about this post for now. Please comment if there's anything you want to know. I really enjoy reading the comments. Thanks for reading!
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