What now you ask? Well, I'm not all that interesting since I'm kinda shy when it comes to meeting other people... ;) But those of you that know me well, know that I'm not all that weird when you get to know me. but enough of my lame descriptions of myself.. :P
Since my last post, I have finished school, turned 16, and have just recently come back from Boy Scout Summer Camp at Worth Ranch Scout Ranch, which is the oldest Scout Camp in Texas... I earned 4 merit badges at camp: Oceanography, Shotgun Shooting, Emergency Preparedness, and Cooking... I was going to do Cinematography, but my teacher probably didn't know the from end of the camera from that of the back, so on the last day of camp, I played "hookey", and instead, went back to my campsite to ensure that my tent-mate had not made the tent look like a hurricane had gone through.. Unfortunately, my tent had looked like a hurricane had gone through it, so I then went to go find my tent-mate, and I made him clean it all up...
Some people have asked me multiple times what Emergency Preparedness is, so I will explain: Emergency Preparedness teaches people how to respond, and how to act when a major crisis or emergency happens i.e.: a car accident, house fire, electrical fire, etc. It is an Eagle required merit badge, so I had to do it. Thankfully the guy who was teaching it was only a month older than me, and he liked to joke a lot so we wouldn't be all serious the entire class, and I am still thankful for that guy...
Here are what the different merit badges look like:
This is Oceanography:
This is Shotgun Shooting:
This is Emergency Preparedness:
This is Cooking:
Why do I need to do the cooking merit badge you may ask? Well, even though I can cook pretty well, I wanted to do the merit badge in hope that it would be easy. I was not disappointed... It was relatively easy, and I was probably the only one in the entire class that could cook more than toast.. :P And since I had a lot more cooking experience, all of the other kids in the class looked like they wanted to kill me since I was the only person in the class that came prepared, because I didn't want to look dumb if I hadn't already studied a bit...
Shotgun Shooting was also very fun since I had never fired a shotgun in my life. My instructor for Shotgun Shooting was very encouraging because every time I missed a clay pidgin,(which wasn't very often) would say: "It's okay that you missed, just try again. I know that you can hit those."... He was my favorite instructor.. All in all, camp in it self was not bad, it was just all the bad food, lack of sleep, and hot weather that made it unpleasant... :)
Other than camp, I haven't been doing much, other than getting ready to go to Summer Sanctus and seeing all of the people I know, and especially seeing my best friend, Victoria.. :)
I recently found a really cool game that is very fun. It's called Tribes: Ascend. It is a first person shooting multiplayer game.
And this is what it looks like:
More or less... :P It's a lot cooler if you actually play it, and it is free to play!!! :D
Other than that, I haven't been doing much of anything worth posting... Other than I read a lot of books in the summer time...
Here is a book I have read recently:
It is a pretty cool book... It is book 3 of the Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan, who did the Percy Jackson and the Olympians books.
Other than reading, earning merit badges, and playing really cool video games, I rather boring and odd... XP
So, until next time, always be cool! :D
~The Lone Pegasus
P.S. Just a note to Victoria: Thank you so much for being my friend, as well as my pen-pall.. :) I'm VERY blessed to know you, and I hope that I can always be your friend.. I am also thankful for you always smiling, and laughing at all of my silly, and lame jokes that I make to try to keep you in a good mood... :) I cannot wait to see you this month at Summer Sanctus, and I look forward to talking to you... :)
