Ratchet and Clank

Recently a new video game that I absolutely love was released. It's called: Ratchet and Clank: All 4 one. Usually it is Dr. Nefarious's job to be evil, but in this one he does a little good. my parents have been putting the blame on me for the game getting there late (but they were only just joking) My parents first discovered this game when they went to go buy a different video game that was similar in name. They couldn't remember the name of the other game (neither can I for that matter) and thought that Ratchet and Clank was the one. When my step dad came home with it and my mom informed him that it was in fact, the wrong game. But they played it anyway, and discovered that it was better than the other one they wanted anyway. There are 10 games in the series, and probably 7 of them are the main story. This isn't really a children’s game, but I played it when I was little.

The first game in the series that came out was called: Ratchet and Clank - "A worldwide favorite with consumers, Ratchet & Clank is best known for its overpowered weapons, ingenious gadgets, intergalactic exploration, and outrageous humor. At the heart of this multi-million unit selling action-adventure saga are its two main characters: Ratchet, an impulsive wrench-wielding mechanic, who is the last Lombax in the galaxy, and Clank, his logical and witty robotic partner. With the help of self-proclaimed "hero" Captain Qwark, Ratchet and Clank have defeated most of the universe's most vile villains including their latest nemesis, the diabolical Dr. Nefarious." That is the description of the game from www.ratchetandclank.com. When this came out in 2002, I watched my parents play it, and it looked like so much fun! So I decided to start my own game; and what do ya know, I loved it. Ratchet is the last of his species, and spends his time fixing his ship. One day a ship crashed onto the planet ratchet lives on, and he goes to explore the crash site and finds a robot, who then becomes his sidekick - clank.

The next game that came out was Ratchet and Clank: Going commando
"From the creators of the critically acclaimed smash hit Ratchet & Clank, Insomniac Games, comes the next installment of the most exciting sci-fi action adventure ever. Ratchet & Clank are back, and they're going commando! Featuring more than 50 of the coolest weapons and gadgets ever imagined, the more stuff you blow up, the stronger Ratchet gets and the bigger and badder the weapons you'll have! Plus, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando features all-new side challenges; destroy hordes of enemies in gladiator arenas, upgrade your ship and pick off enemies in space combat and leave competitors to eat your dust in hi-speed challenge...You up for it?!" Many Hastings (Alex Hastings, Brian Hastings, and Peter Hastings) worked to create this game. The Hastings' jobs were at Insomniac Games. When this game came out in 2003 I also loved it. I still replay it all the time.

The third game in the series was Ratchet and Clank: Up your Arsenal
It is mainly about the weapons, and you fight a lot in it. (I don't know that much about this one, but its fun!)
Ratchets' weapons are increased in this game, and they upgrade. This game is also the first multi-player game in the series. Clanks' gadgets are also upgraded, with his flying capabilities, and Ratchets' gadgets too.

The fourth game is Ratchet and Clank: Deadlocked
"Ratchet and Clank are captured while investigating the disappearance of several famous heroes. Our duo discover that the missing heroes (including themselves) have been abducted by a deranged media mogul, who intends to use them as contestants on an underground reality combat show called "DeadZone." To keep himself and his friends alive, Ratchet will have to participate in the games and keep driving up the show's rating with victories. Will our hero break free and take down the evil media mogul? Stay tuned...." In this one ratchet is captured while looking into missing heroes, and he finds out that his hero that he looked up to, is a fake. Clank is his (Ratchet's) kind of...... I guess you could say assistant, while Ratchet is trying to stay alive clank is trying to make it so that they can escape.
There are a bunch more games, and if you want to learn more about them you can look at this website www.ratchetandclank.com

Relieved.... yet worried

Ugh, my feet hurt so badly! I just got back from my first Rhapsody in Blue concert with me in it; and I have to say that I think it went great! I don't know why I was so nervous; I guess I was just worried about messing up the choreography. Luckily I didn't :) Well..... There was one thing. When we were switching formations from "Kiss the Girl" to "Under the Sea" I ended up next to the wrong people, so I had to slide behind some people on the step and slide into my correct place. Honestly? I had a blast. One thing that sucked though? Was when we were in the room waiting to go on. I was just sitting by myself while everyone else was talking to each other. I guess that could have kind of been my fault, considering how I am not as outgoing as them. But oh well, what's in the past is in the past, and I am letting it go. I wish we would have been allowed to sit in the audience so I could hear the other choirs sing. That is one thing I miss about not being in choir; is getting to hear the other choirs. When we walked on we were waiting backstage and we got to hear the Advanced Girls Choir sing their last song. Then we walked on (apparently not where Mrs. Miner wanted us to) and got into our first formation, for the first song in the medley. Everything went great! Except that one thing I told you about earlier. I am so glad that we switched up the original choreography and made it just a little bit simpler. We removed some of the original formations, and put us into lines. This was because Mrs. Miner said that when we were doing the difficult choreography and singing, we lost the energy of our voices. You couldn't hear us. What good is choreography to a CHOIR concert if you can't hear the words? Its' not. So that is why we changed it. It was a really cute concert (from what I heard).

Tomorrow I have to play my orchestra solo in front of the whole class (I hate that Mrs. Tuke makes us do that)! I just figured out what I was going to play, two hours before I had my choir concert. I am hoping that I will do well enough. I have to be really good considering that I am first chair viola; I mean, it's not that big of an accomplishment considering that there are only five violas. There are so little, that we had to add a 3^rd violin section to the orchestra! I practiced for hours until I had to start getting ready for my choir concert; and I am hoping that it will be good enough to at least make it so my teacher isn't disappointed. Next term I am going to make sure that I have an amazing solo! I will do it out of Suzuki Viola Book 4 (I will try my hardest!). Well wish me luck!

Autumn, the best time of the year? HECK YEA!!!

The beach that the GPS took us to, underneath the bridge we drove over

A metal leaf at the Old North Bridge visitor center that I absolutely loved

The Old North Bridge

This is a picture I took from the airplane on the way home from Boston

Whenever it is fall everything just seems happier. It feels like it is perfect. The soft breezes and the cool temperatures; the way the leaves change colors and fall to the ground and crunch under your feel as you walk. That is autumn. In autumn you have Halloween, and Thanksgiving, One holiday you dress up in costumes and go around to houses shouting "TRICK OR TREAT!" and then running away after getting candy, or you might sit at home and when the door bell rings be the one giving the little trick or treaters their candy as they run away screaming with joy. On thanksgiving you might go over to your grandmas and laugh the evening away with the family, or maybe you will stay at home with just your parents and play board games all day. Maybe you'll spend the day building puzzles. Whatever it is? It will just be amazing, because it is autumn. I don't know why but autumn has always made me feel more at home, maybe it's because that is when my birthday is, but whatever it is I love it. In my recent trip to Boston my appreciation for history grew. I got to see the house that one of my ancestors might have lived in, I saw the house of Louisa May Alcott - the writer of Little Women. There is just so much history there that I would have never really understood unless I saw it. I love the history and the memories there, and I love the memories that I made with my family. Whenever we would leave our hotel to go explore more of Massachusetts, we would take the elevator down to the lobby, and my sister would always make sure that when we got in the elevator to have us all look up at the ceiling to take a picture in the mirrors that were there. Those are the memories I cherish. Or when we were in the car and there was a spider that crawled under something in the top of the car and we were all freaked out for the rest of the ride back to the hotel. Or when we were going to Plymouth and the GPS decided to take us on a scenic route to the beach where we took some amazing pictures. My family means the world to me, and I don't know what I would do without them, they are my main support system, they go to all my choir and orchestra concerts, even if it's not what they wanted to be doing that night, and I appreciate them for that, I might not always show it but I really do appreciate them so much, and I hope they know this. It's the little things that get taken for granted. And I am going to try to make sure that I don't take them for granted. I kinda strayed a little off of the original topic but oh well, this is my blog and I will write about whatever I want to, no matter how cheesy it is. Or how stupid it sounds, I am going to write it.

Boston

On the night of the twenty eighth of September I left Utah for a family vacation, now I sit in the airport in Atlanta, Georgia waiting for a flight to take me home to Utah. This trip has been absolutely amazing. We went and saw Louisa May Alcotts house, the writer off the famous story - little women. We went on a tour through her house, saw the desk where she wrote Little women, learned about how the characters in her story were related to the people in her family. Little women is one of my favorite stories. My mom is always calling us her little women and I love that. We also went to Lexington and Concord, to the place where the shot that was hearts around the world was fired. I got to walk across the old north bridge and see the monuments that were built there. We went down to Plymouth rock, the place where the first colonists set foot in America then we went and saw the Mayflower 2 the ship which the colonists came across the world from,the first person to set foot off of that ship was John Alden, my 11th great grandfather. It is so cool that all of my history is recorded
And that we can know all of this. While we were out here we also went and saw Dottie. I think that part of the trip was my favorite. We came into her cozy little home and talked for a little bit. She invited us over to her table where we sat, talked, and laughed while having some snacks..we then talked a little while longer and then took a few pictures to remember this trip with Dottie hugged good bye and then left. We also went down by the beach and took pictures of the water, the grass by the water, and the bridge that crossed over the water. how we got to the beach though? Completely on accident. We were driving to Plymouth, but of course we had absolutely no idea where we were going. We were using my sisters GPS,
which on this trip was named Nigel. Usually his name is Walter..he likes to sometimes take us on completely weird ways to our destination. So eventuality he wasn't really helping so we switched to the GPS on our phones. Another thing we did was we had something that my parents wanted. While they did their thing, they dropped us off at a nearby café. We were gonna have lunch their but..... They had peanut butter, and we didn't want to risk it with no parents with us. So we sat outside the café, grabbed a few deck of cards and chilled for a while. After they got back they picked us up and we went to Fanueil hall, basically we went shopping around Fanueil hall add it was closed. This has been a really great trip, now I just Hope we can make it home. Wish us good luck!