Guest Tip II

I'm having a sleepover tonight with my good friend Jack.  His birthday is the day after mine on May 17.  I'm going to let him do a guest tip.  Here it is:

"Don't watch Thomas the Tank Engine if you're over six years old.  That show is for little kids."

Booking a Few Hours of Leisure

When you have a few hours of free time, one fun thing to do is go to a bookstore.  I recommend Borders.  Barnes & Noble is also good.  You can find books to read that you didn't know about and also browse the books you already know you love.

Tomorrow I am reciting my poem at a poetry slam at Borders.  I hope to do some reading there afterward.

Networking

Today's tip:  Do yourself and your friends a favor . . . tell them to read my blog!!

Words to Live By

Don't procrastinate.  Don't leave your homework until the last minute.  It causes trouble.  I know.

Hope to Avoid Extermination

If you ever run into a Dalek, run away fast!  And pray that the Doctor is around the corner.  The Dalek will probably be saying, "Exterminate!"

If the Doctor is around the corner, I'm sure he and his sonic screwdriver will save you.  He is the cleverest being in the whole universe, you know.  He's never saved me; but I've never been chased by a Dalek either.

I wonder if I could become the Doctor's youngest companion ever.  What do you think?

Clean Movies

If you want to go see a movie, then try cleaning up the house without being asked.  Once you've done it, then you can ask your parents to go see a movie.  They'll be so happy that you cleaned the house that they'll take you wherever you want to go.

The movie that I want to see is Oceans.  I didn't get to go see it today, though, even though I did help clean.  My mom asked me to clean, but I did some of it without complaining.

You should try to see if this tip works for you. 

Happy cleaning and movie watching!

Laughter Squared

I have a joke tip today.  Did you know you can make jokes out of math?  You actually can.  When we were doing math this week, my friend came up to me and said, "What is Demeter's favorite method of doing math?"  (You know Demeter is the goddess of the harvest and planting.)  Then he said, "Lettuce multiplication."  We were working in Everyday Math on lattice multiplication.

Get it?  Lettuce multiplication?

Ha!  That is some funny math humor, dude.

Sleep Interrupted

Don't let some stupid sixth grade girl tell you about scary movies like When a Stranger Calls, because then you might get scared and have a hard time falling asleep.  Even though you know it's not real, you might still feel a little freaked out by it when it's all dark in your room.

Remember my strategies for falling asleep . . . .

Parts is Parts

If you have an Alice in Wonderland play at your school, try your best and don't give up.  Even if you don't get the part you really want, you should still try hard and you'll probably enjoy it.  Maybe it will turn out to be a fun part.

I tried out for the Cheshire Cat, the Caterpillar, and the Doormouse.  I got the Caterpillar, my second choice.  The only reason I wanted the Cheshire Cat is that I like cats.  Now that I'm the Caterpillar, I'm really excited about it.

"A, E, I, O, U.  O, U, E, I, A!"

Far From Effortless

You should always give your best effort at everything you do.

I gave my best effort at soccer practice tonight and I got the "best effort ball" as a reward.  Way to go me!

Call Me "Slash"

If you want a cool new necklace, I recommend dog tags.  They look great and you can get a fun nickname put on your tag.  Mine says "Slash," because that's my skater nickname.

What would you put on your dog tag?

Dad: An Unreliable ATM

When you're a kid, you shouldn't have to remind your dad to bring money to the school carnival.  But, based on my experience today, you do.  So, don't forget.  Otherwise you have to sit around and wait for your mom to bring your brother from his adaptive swim class at the Y before you can buy and tickets and play any carnival games.

Geez, dad, bring some money with you already!

Oops!

Guess what?  This is my 100th tip. My dad went back and looked at the archives and realized that the tip two days ago was only the 98th.

So, my tip is: don't let your dad count up your posts.

A Slight Hiccup in the Process

I saw the movie How to Train Your Dragon.  I thought it was really good.  There's a book series that it's based on.  If you see the movie, you should get the book series.  It's called The Heroic Misadventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III.  I've heard the books are good.  I'm going to go to the library and try to pick up some of the books and read them.

Oh, yeah, so don't you go to the library before me and check out the books so that I can't.  That would make me mad.  And it would be rude.  After all, it's my tip.

Century

This is my one hundredth tip!!

So, my tip is that when you get to the hundredth tip on your blog . . . "Celebrate good times, come on!"

Who's on BBC America

Doctor Who is a very entertaining show.  It's British.  The show has been on for a long, long time.  The new season starts this Friday on BBC America.  There's a new actor playing the Doctor.  The most recent two actors who played the Doctor were David Tennant and Christopher Eccleston.  My favorite was David Tennant.  The new Doctor, Matt Smith, doesn't really look like a very good Doctor.  We'll see.

You should watch, though.  It's great science fiction!

Not Half as Good as It Used to Be

I love riding scooters.  I had an old one my neighbor gave me.  But, do you know what?  It broke in half yesterday.  Seriously, right in half!

So my tip to you is that, if you like to ride scooters like me, make sure you don't break yours in half by doing sick tricks, like me.

P.S.  That's not me in the picture.  I'm good, but not that good.

It's No Turkuaz

Chick-fil-A = Yuck-fil-Poo!

Lesson Learned

I learned a valuable lesson tonight that I hope you can benefit from.  If you have a good attitude about it and give her a shot, you can have a lot of fun with a babysitter . . . even a girl one.

Don't Rush Me

If you ever draw comics in art class, be sure you have a long chunk of time to do it.  We drew comics in art today, but didn't have enough time, so it was hard and boring.  I enjoy drawing comics a lot, but you can't rush an artist.

Mad about [Noun]!

If you want to have [noun], you should totally [verb] Mad Libs.  They are [adjective]!

My [noun] and I do them together.  We are really [adjective] at them.  When we [verb] them, we laugh and [verb].

All [plural noun] should [verb] Mad Libs!!!

Book Bully

If you have a little brother who might pull your books off the bookshelf and rip them up, then you need to make sure you put your books on a high shelf so that he can't reach them.

I have a little brother who does those kinds of things and he totally ripped up my really special copy of the first three books of the City of Ember.  I am so mad at him.  My dad didn't even punish him.

Protect your books!!

Sleep Study

When you can't sleep, I can recommend four different ways to try to fall asleep.  They are:

1. Try to remember all of the characters of whatever book series you're reading.  Lately, I've been naming all of the members of the Justice League.
2. Relax every muscle in your body.  Start with the very tippy tip of your toes and work all the way to the top of your head.
3. Say the alphabet backwards.
4. And this old standby: Count some sheep.

If you want my opinion, #1 works pretty well and so does #2.  Number 3 really works!  And #4 is a little bit of a joke.

Totally Tubular!

If you have a swimming pool, get an innertube to jump on.  It's a blast!

To Bee or Not to Bee

I'm excited that it's springtime.  But here's tip: bees start to come out in the spring and they can sting you.  So, "bee" careful around flowers.  Bee stings can really hurt you.  At least I think so; I've never been stung.