Slice of Life-Getting Lost in a Airport Edition!

Getting lost at the Dallas airport
Charlie Parrott

I was just about eight when my family was flying to meet some family and we had a connecting flight at the Dallas airport. Me, my mother, and my sister were all walking to our gate, when we decided to just take the shuttle. I got on first and the doors closed right after i got on, before my mother or sister could. Now me, being not very smart did not think of just getting off at the next stop, instead I rode it for a few minutes before I got the courage to get off and talk to a airport staff member, who called my mother over the intercom and she came and picked me up, and it was all good.

Falling out of a Car-Slice of Life

I was young, maybe 6 or 7. My sister had a soccer tournament down in Pueblo. she was playing one of the games of the day when it started to rain. Of course the game had to be stopped and most of her team piled into my dads Honda Pilot. Due to the number of people we had to put up the seats in the back. there was still a space in between the back seats and the back door. I was sitting back there while everyone was watching Shrek. I was leaning against the back door when my mom suddenly opened it from the outside, and I fell with my head hitting against the asphalt.

Limericks

Limericks

There once was a man quite frozen

Who was stranded somewhere in the ocean

He believed to see a ship

But in shouting he slipped

And caused quite the commotion

Winter Break

A family sitting around the fire

Let’s just hope it doesn’t turn into a pyre

Because trees by fires are dangerous

And dying by fire is hardly painless

And that situation could turn quite dire

Logan

There once was a student from Logan

Whose joking caused quite the commotion

But one day

His jokes got to risqué

And he was discovered to be Minnesotan 

The Last Cavalry Charge-poem

The men cold
The horses anxious

Preparing for the charge

Mount! calls a voice

Draw! it calls again

CHARGE! says the voice many

yes, charge, charge straight into the Russian line
Horses and men cut down like so many stalks of corn.

The last charge
a failure

The Time Machine-Book Talk

The Time Machine
H.G. Wells
Science Fiction

This book is about a scientist who develops a machine to travel in time with. he travels far in the future, and distant in the past. he tells the story to his colleagues, who disbelieve him, until he gives proof of his adventure. this book is rather short and is a easy reading book, but still has a lot of interesting concepts, which are decidedly ahead of its time (heh). i would recommend this for anyone of any age who wants a nice simple story.

-Charlie

Stream of Thought

Stream of thought

What to write about? That is the question, whether tis nobler in the mind’s eye to sit and try to think what I am thinking of, or whether tis better to make up a bunch of B.S. and pass it off as my own thoughts. I don’t know what to write. Why would I know what’s in my unconscious mind. It the part that works on its own. Speaking (or thinking of) how would one enter ones unconscious mind, is there a key or a gate guard to ask or does one need to sneak up to the guards, and render them unconscious using a head-lock. Questions, questions. Sneaking up on guards is fun, especially in Thief and Dishonored. I want another good thief game. Hopefully Thief 4 will be good. Ah, it will probably be terrible.  You can’t possibly have noticed, but I just spent about a minute staring blankly into space thinking of what to write. I would write many more thoughts, but most of them have swears and I don’t like censorship. Speaking of swears, this one time when my mom saw a spider she said “S&!T” really loudly, then she realized I was there and said “Shoot”. Thinking of S&!T this day hasn’t been great. First I am at my dad’s house and he can be annoying sometimes. Then I had to wake up early for French and then it was super cold. But in French we did get to make croquet madame’s, which is like grilled cheese with ham and egg, oh and the bread is French toast. It’s really good. I also discovered two cool fonts last night:

langdon and

kelson!

Both of these are pretty fun to use and I made a quote with them, check it out later!

Curse to EA (Really Annoying Game Company)

Ye mangy low-down dogs, may you lose your buyers and forever perish. May no money be made by EA till the CEO's turn to cannibalism and eat the company fro the inside. May there be no day 1 DLC or always-online lest the bloated body of EA finally die

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Flowers For Algernon-Full Book

This book is awesome and very, very original. from the start with progress reports by the mentally disabled adult Charlie Gordon, who after an experimental surgery become a genius, far outpacing the doctors who did the experiment. the only other living creature who has survive the procedure is a white lab mouse named Algernon. when Algernon's mental condition suddenly deteriorates, the question is whether the same will happen to Charlie. the book has a whole host of interesting characters, and is incredibly well-written with a really unique view from Charlie's progress reports. I would recommend this book to everyone who is comfortable with a small amount of adult content.

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Game Over

Flowers For Algernon-Page 271

This book has a really interesting concept and it pulls it off really well. This book presents the story of Charlie Gordon from a I.Q. of 70 to 185 in a series of journals or progress reports. These reports show how Charlie is becoming more and more advanced as his writing become more accurate and thoughtful. Charlie's journey has a lot of interesting moments as he realizes that the people he thought were his friends maybe are not, and as he realizes that the people whom he thought were gods are maybe only just men. He is also connected with a lab mouse names Algernon, who was one of the first mouse to receive the same procedure that Charlie had. Overall this book has many funny and dramatic moments. i would recommend this book to anyone, just as long as they are okay with a little bit of adult themes.

All Things Wise and Wonderful-Book Talk

All Things Wise and Wonderful
James Harriet
Non-Fiction

This book is part of a series that tells of British veterinarian James Harriet as he becomes adjusted to life in Yorkshire and to all the events that go on around him. this book in particular follows James as he goes of to join the RAF. this book and series is amazingly well written, with relatable characters, and some great descriptions. this book series is mostly unconnected, but i would recommend starting with All Creatures Great and Small, and moving onward, as there are some references to previous book inside of these. there are some sad moments inside all of the books, but also amazingly heart-warming ones too.

13 Reasons Why-Book Reveiw

13 Reasons Why
Book Talk
Jay Asher

13 reasons why is about a girl, Hannah Baker who killed herself and sent out a set of 13 tapes to the people that were her reasons for killing herself. Clay Jensen  receives the set of tapes, and originally doesn't want to do anything with them. eventually over the course of one night, he listens to the tapes and starts to understand who Hannah was, and what he did to play a part in her demise. this book is very emotionalty powerful, and it does deal with a few very sensitive topics. I would recommend this book to anyone just as long as they are ready for a mature, and thought-provoking read.

Aristotle and Dante Discover the secrets of the Universe

Aristotle and Dante Discover the secrets of the Universe
Benjamin Alire Sáenz

This book starts with 15-year old Aristotle during the summer. Ari, as he is known feels like a misfit. during the course of the summer, Ari meets Dante, another 15-year old. Dante seems to not have a care in the world, and seems to have the perfect family, and he seems to fit in wherever he goes. Despite the fact that they are completely different, they become best friends. the book takes place over the course of a few school years, without feeling like it drags on in any particular spot. I would recommend this book to most people, but be warned it has some risque content. overall, a pretty good book.

Goliath-Book Reveiw

Goliath
Scott Westerfeld
Action/Alternate History


This is the final book in the Leviathan trilogy. the setting of all three books is in a alternate WWI, where the allies are the "Darwinists", who use the DNA of creatures to fabricate new ones, while the axis powers are the "Clankers", who create giant battle robots to fight. this book has great descriptions and imagery, along some really good drawings. you really should read the first two books before this. there are two main protagonists, Alek, rightful heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, but is forced to go on the run after his parents are murdered, and there is Deryn Sharp, a British girl disguised as a boy to join the royal air service. overall I would recommend this book series to most people

Next week I will be reading Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

The Night Circus Book Reveiw

The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstein
Adventure


The Night Circus follows a cast of charecters and a magical circus, created for to purpose of a challenge, in which two students are pitted against each other. in this case the students are Celia and Marco. this book also follows around a lot of subplots, including those of Herr Thiessen, Poppet and Widget, and Bailey. the ending of the book ties all the subplots together. I would recommend this book to all ages, and I loved it.

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock- Book Reveiw

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
Matthew Quick
Fiction

      This book is about teenager Leonard Peacock. During the course of one day he plans to deliver four gifts, one to each of his friends, then he plans to kill his former best friend and then himself. The short timeline this book works on adds a lot of tension to the already tense story.

      I would recommend this book to slightly more mature audiences as it does have some very emotional and intense moments. this book is great and I recommend it to anyone who thinks they can read it.



-Charlie

Slaughterhouse Five - Book Talk

Hello!
This week I read Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

Slaughterhouse Five partially surrounds the fire-bombing of the German city of Dresden during WWII. The book mainly follows Billy Pilgrim, an insane man who believes he was abducted by aliens. The timeline of this book jumps all over the life of Billy Pilgrim, from his life in an alien zoo, with actress Montana Wildhack, to his time as a prisoner of war, to any time in his life. the book doesn't stay in one place and flash back and forward, it has Billy "time travel" in his mind, which is something the aliens tought him, to revisit many times and places in his life. I would recommend this book for slightly older readers (11+) because of some slightly risque content and some violent-ish descriptions.  overall, this really does deserve the title of classic.

My book for next week will be Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock,

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Okay For Now- Book Reveiw

Okay For Now by Gary D. Schmidt

Okay for Now is a continuation of the Wednesday Wars book, with a new main character, Douglas Swieteck, who moves to Marysville. Douglas faces challenges such as a father with an anger problem, a older brother coming home from the Vietnam war, and everyone in the town not trusting him. His only escape in a copy of James Audubon's Birds of America. This book includes very good descriptions of whats on the page. This book includes some mature themes, and as such you might want to think about what you are reading before you get into it. The book I am reading next week is The Night Circus Slaughterhouse Five

Stranger In a Strange Land.
By Robert A. Heinlein

   This book is about a man from mars. as the child of two of the first expeditions, he could inherit millions and the entire planet of mars. This man is Valentine Michael Smith. he teaches humanity of grokking and water-sharing, and he learns a fair bit about the nature of a man. This book falls firmly into the confines of sci-fi. it is sometimes a difficult read, I had to read some parts over again to figure them out. I would recommend this book to slightly older ages, just because of the technical difficulty.



TBR:
1. White Sands, Red Menace
2. The Client
3. Between Shades of Grey
4. Elanor and Park
5. Shooting the Moon
6. Okay for Now
7. The Night Circus
8. Forgive Me Arnold Peacock


Next week I am going to read Okay for Now.

First Blog Post, And Top 3 Books!

First Blog Post

 Yes, this is my blog. I am Charlie, I enjoy video games, music and reading. I was born on august the 18th 2000, and I currently go to The Logan School for Creative Learning. I have loved reading ever since I can remember. My reading level dropped off when i discovered video games, but it has been rising recently.

My top 3 recommended books are:
1. Catcher in the Rye, because it is an amazing coming of age story about responsibility and family.
2. Of Mice and Men, because it is life changing fictions, the story of George and Lenny is an amazing one.
3. I, Robot, because it speaks about what happens when human create something more powerful than themselves, in the form of androids.