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 * I Am**

I Am an adventurous guy who loves baseball I wonder what my meaning in life is I hear silent whispers in the night I am an adventurous guy who loves baseball I pretend I'm an umpire when I watch a baseball game I feel I'm different from everybody else I touch the ground to feel the cold dew I worry life is going by to fast I cry at the sight of road kill I am an adventurous guy who loves baseball I understand the terrible things in life I say "I can" I dream about fantasies that can't come true I try to please my family I hope I can be as great as my parents one day I am an adventurous guy who loves baseball




 * The way I see it**

You wait for it to come at you and catch it. But don't let go because you have one try and if you miss it's over. Life is like a slot machine on the first try, you could win you could lose, it's a game of luck. They come in different shapes, sizes, and colors. They may get bigger or smaller but no matter what they always have something in common, they're flowers. People are like flowers in so many ways, I can't explain. Do one thing different an everything is different. Thats why we have so many decisions, because there are so many notes to a song. Our decisions are like a song.
 * 1) 1. Life is like a jack in the box.
 * 1) 2. People are a bunch of flowers.
 * 1) 3. Decisions are instruments.

Byarni Herjolfsson

Byarni Herjolfsson had a ship on the bay, he headed for apopular country one day.

Coming from Iceland, going to Greenland he found a country on the way.

Loat at sea for a few days, they found their way out on a weekday.

The crew saw something they didn't know, Herjolfsson said "That's not Greenland there shouldn't be any trees at all,".

He saw it again but this time the mountains were too tall, one more time it appeared he said "There should be iceburgs covered in snow,".

Arriving in Greenland he found his father, but until he died he didn't even bother.

Mummies

Mummies where around in acient Egypt. But how do they do it? I'd like to know.

Step 1, gut the person. They needed to gut a person (pull their orgains out) to keep the body from rotting. In the text it saysthey made a good sized slash on the left side of the bodies abdomain.

Next, they would have to take the brain out. They did this by taking a spoon and putting up the bodies nostral and take the brain out peice by peice. The passage said that the egyptions didn't think the brain was important so they fed it to animals. They were wrong big time weren't they?

Thirdly, they put natron salt in the bodies. They did this to absorb bacteria and body fluides. That takes a long time because if the text is right that would take 70 days! Thats 10 weeks (and I thought a school day seemed like forever).

The last part is what mummies are known for, WRAPPING! This proccess took a while to do to, 15 days! Not as bad but still bad. I couldn't belive this when I read it but the wrapping they put on them normally covers a basketball court. And after every layer of bandage a whole layer glue. I bet Elmur's glue made some money!

Making a mummy took some time to make but it would be worth it. Wouldn't you be happy if someone cared for you that mutch even if you were dead?

Poem not about me

I jump, I hop I play the bibly bop

I sing, I shout I like the taste of trout

I smile, I spook I want the cellphone juke

I laugh, I cry I know the number pi

I'm boring, I'm fun I'm finally done

Democracy

"Democracy is an act" John Lewis once said. But what does he mean by this? What is democracy anyways.

First of all, what is democracy? "Democracy is the freedom to express different views and the abbility to make choices." My father told me. Democracy means "rule of people" in Greek. We don't rule.

Next, how is democracy an act? Democracy is an act because without people there would be no democracy because everyday people get to control it by votingand without themthere would be no order on earth (thats why its important).

Lastly, I think that John Lewis means that the people are the most important thing, not the president. Sure he makes laws to help us but he's just as speacil as we are. Normal people. He should be thanking us anyway, we're the ones who elected him, and this year maybe her.

"Democracy is an act", what a powerful statement. But not as powerful as the people who control it.

Charecter

I watch a show called mythbusters and I always thought that it would be cool to meet Jamie. Here's why.

Jamie can invent neat stuff like rockets, remote control cars, pretty much anything. On a episode he made a tortia launcher! It would be fun to try some of it out.

Next, he works with people who are funny, nice, and creative. They're also good at making stuff. Sometimes they works on two teams to see who is better. In a episode they had to each find 4 needles in a haystack.

It would be cool meeting Jamie because he has so much to do.


 * __POETRY__**

TRADITIONAL

1. (lyric) When I see the light A star so bright I look around Only see the ground But hear no sound

2. (Haiku) So many uses Earths wood is amazing but... We're killing our source

3. (ballad) I kept my life to myself No one else could know A secret I hold Hopefully I'll never have to show

A medical record Could mean so much For a guy like me Who owns a crutch

Tripping and falling I've always been crying Of the secret I'm hiding Which might result in dieing

INVENTED

1. (phrase) Around the country On a plain On a train In a car On a boat All to buy a new fur coat

2. (title down) Please listen carefully Our world is becoming polluted Learn how to be better for the world Live in a clean world Understand what we're doing Tomorrow will be dirtier I want to live clean Ordanary people like us pollute a lot Now stop polluting

3. (clerihew) George W. Bush Slipped and fell on his toosh He gave everyone a thumbs up But then he tripped over a cup

Song poem Tune: "I've been workin on the railroad" I'm a hairy armidiller (armadilo) Cookin on the merican (american) griller I'm a juicy kind of meat I'm prepared to eat

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