The Grey Jack Frost

The Grey Jack Frost

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Hello peoples. Today I'm talking about my school day. Here it goes.

I wake up at 5:40 and get a shower to wake myself up. After that I just eat breakfast and get my things ready. At 6:25 I head out to the bus stop down my street. The bus ride is actually pretty long because we stop at my old middle school for a good fifteen minutes before we actually go to my high school. Once I'm there it's 1st period because so far my bus has been late every day. So far Homeroom is only on Wednesdays. I have history for 1st which I'm actually enjoying because it's about ancient civilizations which I like. Between classes we have four minutes to get to where we have to go which literally leaves no time for going to the bathroom or checking your locker, hence I carry everything in my book bag which is nice because we weren't allowed to carry them in middle school. After that is Physical Science. We haven't started real class yet there because we had to go over lab safety and all the equipment and everything but I like science so I'm sure that I'll enjoy it. Next is math class. One of the things my math teacher did was to spilt us all into color coded groups using a lengthy personality test. There were 2 or 3 reds which were the people that were supposed to be leaders and take charge. There were 2 or 3 greens which were the OCD very organized people. Most the class was yellow which were the social, talkative people. I was in blue with 2 other people and we were the creatives.

4th period is Spanish 2 which I am not looking forward to. I've got one of those super tall, super skinny, old teachers with the high pitched voice, huge flashing gold earrings and hair that wouldn't break under a sledgehammer. She has given us all Spanish names off of a list and it's gonna take some getting used to saying "here" every time she says Antonio. I have second lunch so next I have 5th period Health class. I like my health teacher because he's serious and funny but not strict. Lunch is next and is a very nice 45 minutes which is why only 4 minutes between classes. It's nice because you can sit wherever you want and talk with your friends. You can also use your phone and headphones. You can use your phone between classes but you really don't have enough time. So far lunch has not been very good and ridiculously small. 6 Chicken nuggets isn't gonna cut it for a teenager with cross country practice every day. 6th period strings class is next however my cello won't get there till Tuesday ~_~ 7th period I have English. My teacher is old and strict however I do like to write so hopefully at least a few assignments will be something along the lines of actually writing something I care about writing.

Finally I have cross country for 1 1/2 hours. It's pretty exhausting after the school day and that small of a lunch so I've been packing cliff bars along with my clothes and water bottle. It's really nice to get back into running and I feel like I'm part of the team more than I felt last year in 8th grade. I get picked up exhausted at 4:30.

So that's my day. Bye.


- By Ashton

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Hello peoples. Today I'm writing about another movie. Here it goes.

A few days ago I saw guardians of the galaxy in the theater. It was a really funny and action filled movie about a band of misfits that becomes the galaxies only hope. The group of outlaws consists of Peter Quill a Terran (human) that was picked off of earth when he was quite young and roams the galaxy as an outlaw who calls himself star-lord, gamora is the genetically modified daughter of Thanos, she's a living weapon, Rocket is the result of genetic and cybernetic experiments on a raccoon, Groot is a living tree person who is very strong and can grow any part of himself in seconds, his vocabulary is limited to I AM GROOT. Drax is a person bent on vengeance for Ronan after Ronan killed his wife and daughter. Ronan is a Kree terrorist that wants to destroy the xandarians even though they just recently signed a peace treaty with the Kree after centuries of war. Peter gets involved with an ancient infinity stone, something Ronan desperately wants and it's the guardians job to protect the galaxy.

Guardians of the Galaxy is a great movie for all ages. It has no gore or very scary scenes although the profanity is more present here than the other marvel movies.

Bye.


- By Ashton

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Godus

Hello peoples. Today I'm writing about another iOS game. Here it goes.

The game is called Godus. Godus is in the same area as games where you are a god and you rule your own people. A lot of people find these types of games to be annoying and take to long to do anything but Godus is done perfectly. The graphics are very nice and smooth and the game has a great amount of freedom to it. You start out learning how to manipulate the land by sculpting.

Next you see two people drowning in the water. Use your power to sculpt layers of the land out to them and save them. After that they bow down and recognize you as their god. Now they will want to find a place to settle down, a promised land. Lead them towards a hospitable and large place and they will build the first abode. This is where they will live. With an abode your followers will multiply from 2 to 4. This allows you to expand and send out more builders to make more abodes. After you get a certain amount of followers you unlock better abodes and these abodes will generate belief which is the power you need to work when your people are happy. Every time you reach a new population goal you unlock a new card which gives you a power such as building on grass instead of sand. Some cards require stickers to unlock. You gets these by finding treasure chests throughout the land. Next you'll need your followers to build a beacon that will unearth things you couldn't see before like the discovery temple. After you rebuild the discovery temple. This is when your game really begins. After this you can do wondrous things; explore new lands, discover other gods and other peoples, sail the oceans, create complex societies and more.

Godus is a beautiful sandbox game and I highly recommend it for all ages. Bye.



My current race of people. The bar on the side is happiness. If your face is lower than the asatari face (bad guys) than your in danger of having your own people. go there.


These trees I've planted and the fountain I placed raised happiness a lot and my people are having a festival. The hand in the corner lets me access different god powers that let me do different things.


This is the dock. You use it to explore new islands that offer rewards in the form of stickers.


This is a chest. These chests once you open them offer stickers or gems.


This is just a cool shot of a thunderstorm at night in the middle of a lightning strike.


A storm turns the sky dark and the buildings stretch in the wind.

Godus is a beautiful sandbox game and I highly recommend it for all ages. Bye.

- By Ashton

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Only One

Hello peoples. Today I'm blogging about another iOS game. Here it goes.

The game is called Only One. It's based off retro sword and sorcery games with you and a sword facing off 63 waves of enemies and 7 bosses on a huge pillar in the sky. Their are also old school passive and active abilities. The passive abilities are last stand, might, magnet, reflektor, backstab, and regen. You can have a max of 3 of these at once and you don't have to tap them they are always on. The active abilities are push, freeze, bubble, whirlwind and dart. You can also buy more hearts, more shield symbols, faster movement speed, and higher attack. These abilities you have to tap to activate and they have various cool down speeds. When a level starts enemies will appear on the pillar in a bolt of lighting and continue to do so until the level is done spawning them. Once they are all killed the next level automatically starts. Every 10 levels is a single boss. You can buy the abilities with power which is the currency. The currency drops from enemies that you kill, however if you hit them off the pillar the drops also fall. Enemies also drop hearts that fill your health bar one, and shields. Enemies that carry shields if you kill them while they have their guard down, if you hit them while their shield is up eventually it will break and it won't drop. If enemies kill you then you restart on the level right after the last boss you beat, or if you haven't beaten one at level 1. Thieves are the only enemies that don't try to kill you, instead they run around the map stealing things that drop. If your grinding for power it's a good idea to kill them before they teleport off the map because they drop a lot of things. It's also a really good idea to buy the ultimate power. It's a one-time in app purchase that grants you access to some of the above abilities and doubles the amount of power you get. I am currently on the last boss who has a ton of health and is very fast so plan what you buy by that. Only one is a great retro hack and slash game and I recommend it to anyone who likes those.

Slimes are the most basic enemy; when their eyes glow white they are about to lunge at you so simple to dodge.


Three human enemies the archer, the basic swordsman, and the medium swordsman who has twice as much health.


The first boss, Sir Steadfast.



Bye.


- By Ashton