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Showing posts with label lifescouts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lifescouts. Show all posts

4/14/14

Lifescouts badge #27: Summer's past

Barbecues have changed in my family. It started out as being held in the summer with chicken on the grill with some juicy watermelon. Now it’s held whenever, in a casual manner with hamburgers, hot dogs, and bacon getting cooked on the grill. 
~ Stacy N.
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1/15/14

Lifescouts badge #26: A new freedom


Pleasant things in life: The wind in your hair. The speed of the car as you gradually go faster. A nervousness in your stomach as you learn how to drive for the first time.

~ Stacy N.
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1/5/14

Lifescouts badge #25: Turning 2D into 3D

Sometimes I find myself making paper cranes. And they usually end up somewhere, like my desk, or inside of a book to be used as a bookmark, or even given away to someone. Other times, I have to make sure that one lady isn’t watching me so I can finish making the paper crane. All the while watching the basketball game that is happening before me.
Other times, though not often, I find myself making a fortune teller. All the while remembering my fourth grade memories of when they were popular among my classmates. As we all told each other cheesy fortunes that may or may not have come true. 
~ Stacy N.
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12/27/13

Lifescouts badge #24: The thrill of being upside down

During the summer, my family would go to the local amusement park. And we would go on the rides, swim at the little water park, play the games, and eat their food. However, as far as rides would go, I would only go onto the kiddy ones, when I was younger. Always trying to stay clear of the roller coasters and the other big rides, because they were scary.

Eventually, I got over that fear as I started to get older. And then I started to get excited to go onto the roller coasters that my amusement park had to offer. Which would lead to feeling a bit impatient as I waited in the long lines. That impatience eventually turned into an exhilaration mixed with a nervousness as I went onto the ride. Which eventually turned into happiness and a slight disappointment that the ride wasn't longer. 
~ Stacy N.
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12/18/13

Lifescouts badge #23: Edible baked goods

I don’t bake that often, and whenever I do it’s either for school, for someone coming home from a trip somewhere, or for fun. And the desserts would range from brownies to cookies. The brownies a majority of the times come out of a box. While, I would often make the cookies from scratch. It may seem weird, but in the end they yield the same results: yummy desserts that usually end up in someone’s stomach at some point or another.
 
~ Stacy N.
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12/11/13

Lifescouts badge #22: Ice Cream soda pop, cherry on top

It began in the fourth grade when I finally forced myself to learn how to jump rope. It was slow at first but eventually I found myself jumping. Along the way, I also learned how to do little tricks, such as hopping on one foot, criss-crossing while attempting to not get tangled, doing it backwards, and skipping with a partner. It was much fun as those little jumping rope songs got stuck in my head, during those elementary school days.
~ Stacy N.
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12/4/13

Lifescouts badge #21: Yo-yoing

Whenever boredom hits and if a yo-yo was nearby, I would usually play with it. Granted, I can’t do many tricks with it. And I liked standing up on a chair while playing with it because it irritated me whenever the yo-yo touched the ground.  
~ Stacy N.
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11/27/13

Lifescouts badge #20: I'm a monkey


My siblings and I used to climb our (ex)-neighbor’s pine tree, before they got it cut down. For the most part, they didn’t mind that we climbed their tree, as long as we were careful with the flowers and plants that grew around it. So we were careful, and it was fun. Though I was usually a bit scared about going higher and higher, considering that it was very tipsy towards the top. 

~ Stacy N.
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11/20/13

Lifescouts badge #19: Faster than walking


It started out as a curiosity that first began as impatience. Nobody was bothering to take some time out of their day to teach me how to ride a two wheeled bike. And I was tired of riding a bike with training wheels, as well as slightly embarrassed to still be seen riding around with them on. So sometime in second grade, I picked up the rusty colored bike that leaned against the fence in the backyard. And through observation and the help of sidewalk curbs I managed to get myself to balance on that two wheeled bike and actually go somewhere. However, it was not without some falls of course.
And through my independent learning, it sparked an interest in my twin sister and little brother, who then in turn started to learn how to ride a bike the same way as me. Proving that siblings have more influence on each other than the parents do.


~ Stacy N.
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11/13/13

Lifescouts badge #18: And up we go.

Days filled with hanging out with friends where it mainly involved jumping on trampolines. 
~ Stacy N.
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11/7/13

Lifescouts badge #17: Sleeping under the stars (kind of)

The first and only time I went camping was with my girl scouts troop. It was pretty fun, we went on  tiring hike, ate food wrapped in tin foil, roasted marshmallows, played games, created some boondoggles, as well as gaze at the stars.


~ Stacy N.
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10/30/13

Lifescouts badge #16: Skating and me

It all started when my family went to the fun center when I was little. We went roller skating and I was horrible at it. This wasn’t unusual considering that it was my first time and all. Some time later, my dad bought home a few pairs of roller skates. I ended up with a white pair tinged with orange, but I didn’t really care about its look; all I cared about was skating. And I practiced and practiced getting better at it. And despite an accident that may have involved missing four days of school due to some vanity issues, I continued roller skating till the skates didn’t fit anymore.

By now, the only times I roller skate is when at one of the fun centers in Utah, inflating my ego by showing off to my friends and family. 

~ Stacy N.
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10/23/13

Lifescouts badge #15: I serve the fairy queen

My first taste of being on stage started when I was in fifth grade. By then, I joined the school musical, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown. I was part of the chorus, which was pretty easy to get considering that I didn’t have to audition or anything. And it was fun, even though I mainly got put backstage.
Later that year, my class put on a Shakespearean play called A Midsummer Night’s Dream. I ended up playing the first fairy. It was an easy audition, considering that I was the only person auditioning for it. That too was also pretty fun, but it was pretty embarrassing to be up on stage in front of the whole school.

And in sixth grade, my school did a Wizard of Oz musical. I ended up being a fairy again, only to fail miserably when I didn’t show up at the rehearsals. 

~ Stacy N.




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10/15/13

Lifescouts badge #14: Codes


I started learning how to code when I joined the YWP nanowrimo forums. It was basic stuff, such as how to make an image appear or how to link words and images to somewhere else on the internet. In my ninth grade yearbook class, I made a simple website learning more about html and how to do css. In my opinion, it was better than most of my classmates’ websites (though that could have been my ego talking because I already had some html experience). A few months ago, I happened upon a site called codeacademy.com, and through there I refined my basic skills of html and css, and learned quite a bit of new stuff as well, such as how to build a resume.  

By now, I simply use my html skills to redesign this blog, learning a few new things along the way. 

~ Stacy N.
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10/9/13

Lifescouts badge #13: Strike!

The first time I went bowling, it was at a fun center with my family. It was fun, but I lost. I believe my twin sister won that round. The second time I went bowling was with my twin sister, my older sister, and her roommate. It was fun, but I found myself in last place again. The third time I went bowling was with my older sister, her roommate, my twin, and my little brother. As usual, I lost, however, in the second game I won with about fifty points.

What I learned from all this: bowling is not my strong suit. 
~ Stacy N. 

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10/2/13

Lifescouts badge #12: Scrabble



            Scrabble, it’s a hard game, even more so if it’s played in French. 


~ Stacy N. 
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8/2/13

Lifescouts badge #11: Childhood games

When I was younger I used to play on my Nintendo ds a lot. And the video games themselves were, well, silly. It was just a few doggy games here and there, occasionally a Mario game (that my brother ‘lent’ me). And after a lot of time and frustration I was able to create some high scores but the price seemed to have been a non-working L button.
Along with the DS (or technically before), I would play on the GameCube with my brother. The games we would play was usually a Mario game or a war game. And the playing experience during that was tolerable, though slightly violent whenever my brother doesn’t win something.

And just like nearly every child, I used to play Pokémon. The version was the gold one, which by now is pretty old. And the game itself was pretty fun except for the few times when it froze and I forgot to save it before it happened. However, there came a day when I had to stop playing because my annoying little brother got rid of my gameboy and the game. I still haven’t entirely forgiven him for that. 



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7/24/13

Lifescouts badge #10: It's all about strategy

One of the many things school taught me was how to play chess. It’s a difficult game full of strategies that will hopefully help you win. However, the strategies seemed to have dropped into another brain that isn’t mine. Despite all these years, I’m not any better at chess than when I first started playing. The proof is found in all the games that I’ve played against my little brother. But despite it all, it’s still a fun game to play. 



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7/18/13

Lifescouts badge #9: Back to the olden days

Sorry for not posting this yesterday. I’ve recently moved in with my older sister and the wi fi here only works during certain points of the day. Plus, there’s also the fact that I’ve been studying for math and driving around doing errands as well as a lot of sleeping in.
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In Utah, there’s a holiday called Pioneer Day, which basically much celebrates the day when the pioneers (who were Mormon, I believe) first came into this state. And my family and I happened to be at the local pioneer park to celebrate the holiday. It was a fun day full of candy cannons, riding a train on wheels, and visiting the local general store which locally had air conditioning. But what made it worth it was getting to ride on a horse drawn cart.
My twin sister and I were walking down a dusty street, sweating in the dreadful summer sun. And in the distance, we saw a person with a horse drawn cart about to leave. So without really thinking about it, we started racing down the street, determined to get on it. It was hard and it didn’t help that we weren’t really runners but we finally reached it, able to enjoy the unknown buildings of the park (such as the town hall) and listen to a little girl talk about how much she likes Taylor Swift.

 








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7/10/13

Lifescouts badge #8: My pets and I

Pets I've had over the years: 
One mixed terrier [gone]
One mixed dog [gone]
One pit bull
One Siamese cat
One chihuahua [gone]


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