Guys and Dolls

Last night, I went to Guys and Dolls, a musical performed at the high school. It's the story of gamblers and girlfriends. See, Nathan Detroit needs to find a place for his floating crap game. The Biltmore Garage is a perfect spot, but they need $1000. Nathan bets Sky Masterson $1000 if Sky can take Sarah Brown, leader of the Save-the-Soul Mission Band, to Havana, Cuba.

Adelaide is the lead singer at the Hot Box night club. She has been engaged to Nathan for 14 years! She desperately wants to get married; she even told her mother she was married with six kids! Nathan doesn't want to have to settle down, but it may be his only option.

Will Sky take Sarah away, and will Nathan and Adelaide become husband and wife? Will you watch these guys and dolls? That's for you to decide.

Robotics Team

Today was the official first meeting of the robotics team. There are different teams in different classes and grades. It's a program I signed up for through Explore, a Gifted and Talented club that is single gender. We meet every Tuesday at lunch. Anyway, 2 friends and I planned that we were going to be a team. We decided that today would be a good time, since we all have busy schedules. We decided three main things: our team name, when we will meet for the next meeting, and what we would build. After voting for a team name, my idea, the MechaNecks, we moved on to our project. All three of us brainstormed together, and decided we'd make a simple robot to get familiar with the kit. We are going to make a robot that shoots balls at a target. Then for the competition, we have to make one that will navigate a maze in the shortest time.
So here it goes! Once we receive the Lego Mindstorms kit, we can start work. But at least we have a binder cover!

Hello, again!

I know I keep saying this and it never comes true, but I will blog much more now. I have more time since Winter Break started, and I have so much going on, especially at school. Here's a highlight of what's going on in my life:

• I applied and was accepted in the Robotics Competition! Two teammates and I will be building a robot to complete a task. In this case, there are two options. We can make a robot to race up a 10 degree incline in the shortest amount of time or make one to navigate a maze.We will use the Lego Robotics Kit and will meet about every week to prepare. The competition will be on April 25, 2012.
• I am in the school musical "Oliver!". I am a Workhouse boy. So far, I am a part of the musical numbers "Food, Glorious Food", "Oliver!", "Consider Yourself", "Oom Pah Pah", and "Who Will Buy". The show is on March 16th and 17th.
• I have set up an account on Pinterest, and I am enjoying it. I post recipes, books, movies, articles, technology information, and all kinds of things!

I realized I didn't have as much going on as I thought, but, along with blogging, it's enough to keep me occupied.

Goodbye!