Xbox Live Goes Mobile

Yesterday, Microsoft surprised the world of technology when it released an app for a mobile operating system besides it’s own. The My Xbox Live for iOS devices is now for sale, free, for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. With the new app, gamers can manage their live accounts from anywhere. The app is not quite as good as the Windows Phone. With the Windows Phone, you can search and download games, movies and music, with other bonuses for going Microsoft. Microsoft has come out with a lot recently, including an improvement on the app for Netflix. This relates to me because I have both an Xbox, and an iPod. I don’t play Xbox Live, because my Internet connection is super crappy, but I do have an account. I will be getting this app when I get my new iPod (I have 3g. You need 4g). But I can’t wait. This is going to be awesome.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/07/my-xbox-live-ios_n_1135321.html 

Captain America: The First Avenger

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Captain America. Living in the time of WWII. Can he defeat the evil leader of a branch of the Nazis,  Red Skull? This movie will blow you away.

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This is a list of things I would like for Christmas. Feel free to get me one or more of them if your want.

How to Make a Paper Airplane

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Turkey Day

There are many things that I'm thankful for. My family is number one. I hate them sometimes, but I'm glad I have them. I'm also thankful for my friends. I would be one lonely guy without them. I'm so glad I have an Xbox. It's my baby. I love it. It's name is Christina. Don't judge me. I'm also thankful for the U.S.A. The greatest country in the world, and I was lucky enough to be born in it. I have a whole list of things, but these are the most important. Oh, and I'm thankful that I'm awesome.

Creepier than Clowns

Halloween is the only time when scaring the crap out of people is acceptable. With haunted houses, creepy costumes, and scary scary movies, the whole point of Halloween is to keep you up at night thinking about the monsters waiting in the dark. My favorite urban legend is "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs." http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/horrors/a/The-Babysitter-And-The-Man-Upstairs.htm. That link will take you there. It's a remake of the original one created in the 1960's. It's a scary one. 

My favorite Halloween costume was when I was little. I was about 6. I wore an alligator costume and painted my face green. I don't know why, but for some reason I've always loved it. I will never wear it again though. 

I haven't been to a lot of haunted houses, but I love them. The last haunted house I went to was in Breda this year. I went through twice, and my friends made me lead both time. There was a hallway with absolutely no light, and ran through the whole thing, running into walls constantly. It was awesome. I want to go to the Haunted Forest in Ames this year. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and I hope I can celebrate it every year for my entire life. Now that's scary ------------->

I have invented a new app! Technically. I have an idea, but not the knowledge to create it. Considering I'm only 14 it will probably never be created, but nonetheless, I'm going to explain it anyway. Are you prepared to have your mind blown by the (debatable) awesomeness of my app?!

Bull the Dog's bone has been stolen by evil cats! Cats that plot to take over the world, and make humans do their bidding! Only Bull can save mankind. Play as Bull as you shoot, stab, eat, and run over cats to get to your ultimate goal: your bone. The cats stole it to power their satellite, as everyone knows bones harbor immense power. In the end only one cat remains:, the leader of the cats, Tom. Will you be able to save the world?

Cheesy? Yes. Explosive? Of course. Mind blowing? Completely.

When in Rome

There are many reasons I want to visit Rome. The culture and history of Italy is awesome. I've also played Assassins Creed: Brotherhood, where Rome is the main setting, which always helps. Plus I bet the food there tastes amazing. This link will bring you to a map or Rome
http://www.google.com/maps?q=rome&hl=en&ll=41.851151,12.604065&spn=0.766173,2.113495&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=51.621706,135.263672&vpsrc=6&t=h&z=10

9/11. The Day that Changed the United States Forever

Sunday will mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I'm fortunate to not remember anything about that day. I don't remember where I was, or what I was doing, and I'm glad. That's a memory I don't want to have. My mom was driving when she first heard it on the radio. She told me she watched the news reports for hours, not believing what she was seeing. All I know is that 9/11 is a day of reckoning, for both the United States, and will be remembered for all of history.

The Big 3-Oh my gosh I'm 30!

There are many things you should do before you're 30. This is my list. 

1. Be awesome. Check.

2. Go skydiving.

3. Find out just exactly what I would do for a Klondike bar.

4. Go to a Super Bowl. Preferably one that the Vikings are in. 

5. Visit Italy. 

6. Graduate from college. 

7. Go bungee jumping.

8. Buy a Corvette, a Camaro, a Mustang, and any other car I feel like buying.

9. Be rich. That'll help with #8.

10. Dye my hair a bright color, then walk around town. 

11. Get married. 

12. Swim with sharks.

13. Go to the south pole. Meet a penguin. Tame it. Make it my butler. 

Only the first two are practical. For now.

14. Save a life.

15. Live on a huge farm, (I'm not farming it) and have 20+ pets.

16. Get in a fight. 

17. Choke on a Life Saver. 

18. Have my life saved after choking on a Life Saver. 

19. Play laser tag.

20. Win a dirt track race.

21. Meet Selena Gomez. At the least, follow her.... On tour.

22. Race a dune buggy through the Sahara.

23. Eat until I puke.

24. Go on The Price is Right and/or Let's Make a Deal.

25. Go to the Olympic Trails as a swimmer.

26. Make someone laugh so hard their drink comes out of their nose. 

27. Go to a Hollywood Undead concert.

28. Be on TV.

29. GET RID OF THIS LISP!!!

30. Ride in a hot air balloon.

31. Meet the cast of my favorite TV show, How I Met Your Mother.
I don't count #1, cause I'm already awesome.

Technology

Technology has made many advancements in the last 100 years. Safer, yet faster cars. Sleek, fast cell phones. Cell phones in general. Technology is a terrific thing. It helps us multitask, do our jobs better, travel, or just relax. I don't think I could live without the TV, my Xbox, or my laptop. Without them, I think I would die of boredom. Technology has changed many things. It makes things easy, more convenient, or portable. It has made society more advanced and more high speed. It makes people more impatient. When I'm on the computer and the internet is slow, I can't stand it. Technology can never replace some things though. Things like people; robots are not always a good idea. Things like pets. In the 1980's there was a robot designed to act as a pet. It wasn't exactly a hot seller. Many people think technology makes us lazy; I think it makes us more efficient. Things would take twice as long if there was no technology. Things like travel would take years. In the end, without technology, the world would stop, and stand still. 


Nick Reetz

This summer, I traveled to the awesome heights of the Rocky Mountains.  I traveled up to Fulford, Colorado with my family. We roughed it, staying in a cabin with no electricity, only gas lights. Our only water came from mountain snowmelt, but that water was clean as could be. The 12 hour trip there was well worth it as I relaxed on the porch, sipping a Mountain Dew, (no pun intended) and breathing in the clean mountain air. The cabins were owned by my aunt and uncle, and they had been there about 3 weeks before us. If they had a choice, they would probably stay up there all summer, and I can't blame them. We met the mayor of Fulford, though in a town of 20 that's not as big of a deal. His name was Ray, and he was an old guy, somewhere around his 60's. Just talking to him for 30 seconds would be enough to put a smile on your face. But all good things must end, and so at the end of the week, we packed up our things, and began the long trip down the mountain, and the 12 hour drive home. 


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