http://ismellpretzels.learnerblogs.org this is my blog Fri, 25 May 2007 15:29:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I learn best when I can choose a project or something to use a specific thing that we learned in class, instead of the teacher saying, "Write a story about blah blah blah..." If I can choose what I am writing about, I learn better, because I don't have to ... http://ismellpretzels.learnerblogs.org/2007/05/25/how-i-learn/ Ouch. This box is really uncomfortable. Hey! There's someone screaming really loud  outside the box. It sounds like a dying cat chewing on a screwdriver getting run over by a snowplow. "A pink snowplow." Hey! An echo! "Echo" I said. "Echo!" The echo said.  "Hellooooo" I said. "Hellooooo" the echo said.  "Emily!" Hey! I know ... http://ismellpretzels.learnerblogs.org/2007/04/24/how-emily-sarah-and-i-die-in-a-horrible-hot-air-balloon-killer-whale-accident-part-iv/ "Emily, what's that strange screaching sound?" There was some really annoying noise, and I don't know what it is! "Maybe it's a bird!" "Maybe it's a plane!" "Oh, It's just Sarah." "Vivian, maybe we should move that really pointy rock that Sarah is just about to fall on to and die because its going ... http://ismellpretzels.learnerblogs.org/2007/04/10/how-emily-sarah-and-i-die-in-a-horrible-tragic-hot-air-balloonkillerwhale-accident-part-iii/ "EMILY! HOW COULD YOU FORGET TO FIX THE HOLE??" "What? How was I supposed to-" For some reason, Sarah was laying under the balloon. Couldn't she see we had a problem here? "Help!" What's she whining about? "SARAH! We have a SERIOUS problem here! EMILY is a RETARD!!!" "HELP!" What is her PROBLEM? "EMILY! ... http://ismellpretzels.learnerblogs.org/2007/03/23/how-emily-sarah-and-i-die-in-a-horrible-tragic-hot-air-balloonkiller-whale-accident-part-ii/ Emily, Sarah and I saw a news report (while I was eating strawberry frosted mini wheats in our dorm at Stanford) on starving children in South Africa, and decided to go there and help. I thought it would be a great idea if we walked, because you know, eating all ... http://ismellpretzels.learnerblogs.org/2007/03/20/how-emily-sarah-and-i-died-in-a-horrible-tragic-hot-air-balloonkiller-whale-accident-part-i-2/ "Everybody's going to die" that's what everybody tells you. Well, isn't that cheerful? Oh! Congratulations! You won your soccer game! By the way, you're going to die tomorrow! Well, I am not going to be like everybody else. I am not going to die because: 1. I don't want to (simple enough) 2. I don't ... http://ismellpretzels.learnerblogs.org/2007/03/16/10-reasons-i-am-going-to-live-forever-3/ "Everybody's going to die" that's what everybody tells you. Well, isn't that cheerful? Oh! Congratulations! You won your soccer game! By the way, you're going to die tomorrow! Well, I am not going to be like everybody else. I am not going to die because: 1. I don't want to (simple enough) 2. I don't ... http://ismellpretzels.learnerblogs.org/2007/03/16/10-reasons-i-am-going-to-live-forever/ Do you think fifth grade is stupid? I do. We have to do the stupidest assignments, like writing papers, and doing science experiments. See, I have this paper due on Monday, and I don't have the slightest idea what I'm going to write about. I could write about my cat, Mr. Blackballoffurwithalittlebitofwhiteonhistailbutyoucantreallyseeit. My little sister named ... http://ismellpretzels.learnerblogs.org/2007/03/16/mr-blackballoffurwithalittlebitofwhiteonhistailbutyoucantreallyseeit/ So, you walk into the seven eleven, and you grab a bag of chips. Then you go over to the counter, and hand it to the girl, she rings you up, and then you leave. But what about the girl behind the desk? She just stays there, until another ignorant ... http://ismellpretzels.learnerblogs.org/2007/02/20/the-girl-behind-the-desk/ Why is seven lucky? In the ring, that guy calls and says "You will die in seven days" that doesn't sound very lucky to me. But then in Las Vegas, you have to get those sevens to line up, and then you win a whole bunch of money. But how ... http://ismellpretzels.learnerblogs.org/2007/02/06/lucky-number-seven/