The Last Vampire

A Vampires are a source of terror that do not exist, or there hasn't been evidence of their existance. Vampires always have been a musunderstood as a source of terror. This book by Whitley Strieber is three hundred and three pages long. It took me twenty days to read from October 8, 2012 to October 28, 2012. It was a fascinating story. I hope you enjoy this report.

Miriam Blaycock was the last of her kind. She wanted to get pregnant to save her race. Her eggs were slowly dying. Once majestic, her species was now cast into the shadows, becoming isolated with each passing year.

She had a baby, however it died along with its father. Her mother introduced her to music. She liked operas, maybe becayse she lived through the entire opera era. The most difficult thing she found was to keep up with fashions

Her mother was burned alive as a witch in 1761. She taught her to sing, read, and several languages, however Miriam found languages lost their magical qualities throughout history. Her favorite languages were French and Manerian Chinese. Her father died in the Hidenburg disaster of 1937.

Keepers were the elders of all the ancients of all lifeforms on Earth. Every Keepers book was bound in leather. The richest and most powerful Keepers were the Asians. The loss of all the Keepers books caused Miream to weep. Humans couldn't do anything to The Keepers. Keepers were ten times as strong and more intelligent, and they were as fast as a bullet. The Keepers language was Prime. Keepers caused famine and war stock management. Twenty six Keepers died in the Balkin Wars, this wasthe most in one place. Keepers had breed humans to be slow, so they could out manouver them. Keepers lived forever. If Keepers were real hungry they ate from humans main artery. During WWII many Keepers died.

Vampires gave us fire. They hardly ever laughed. Miream went on cruises and eat all the crew and passengers. She went on planes all the time. She picked up a meal on the plane, a man, and he thought she was a prostitute.

At the hotel she was staying at she got a a suite under the name of Marie Tellman. She liked having sex with her prey, which was unlike others of her kind.

Paul Ward, the Interpol agent was on a vampire steak out. Paul was going back to the US to become head of a new Vampire Eradication program. Pauls dad was killed by vampires.

Vampires were not considered to be human or animals. A reporter in New York started reporting on Vampires.

Miream went with customs when she landed. She would need a new identity in London, after she killed the customs officers.

She jumped out the window so she wouldn't be cought however he got cornered by police. She pay them off, like the ones back home. She thought of using her speed and running into traffic.Then she used her fake identity to confuse them.
But they didn't bother her at all, they were just going on break. She had remembered Phillippe, a former lover.

Her credit card was declined at the Ritz when she went after the plane.
She confusingly took the Metro after that, but managed to get on the right train.

Miream had to prostitute herself because she needed money. Miream was trying to bring her race back. Washington was looking for vampires. Actually the CIA had the best way to search. The CIA was monitoring Beckys, Mireams assistant, emails, phone conversion, faxes

One time Miream sucked a poor guy through his penis. The Vampires were thought to be aliens, but their were no aliens on Earth for at least 50,000 years.

Humans were caged by Keepers, but were set free, free range humans tasted better.

Miream tried to make a fire for her and Martin but couldn't. Martin was older than Miream and almost died because he didn't eat for a year.

Gullivers Travels

Gullivers Travels

Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift is about the voyages Gulliver had through four distinct realms. The first realm he went to was Lilliput. This had people no bigger than your thumb. The second land was Brobdingnag. This land had.people who were giants. The third land was Laputa. This was an island in the sky. The fourth land was Houynhums. The people there were horse-like.

Gulliver was from a wealthy family He went to Cambridge and apprenticed a surgeon, Mr Bates. He married Mary Burton, daughter of Edmund Burton.

He got lost at sea, and winds up swimming to the land of Lilliputs and taken prisoner where he slept and awoke bound to the ground. "Hekinah degal," was repeated as he lay.Then "Tolgo phonac" was repeated when he moved his head.
He felt 100 arrows hit his left hand. They rammed him with a spear as he tried to get up.

Gulliver slept on 150 Lilliput beds. They provided him with sheets and blankets as well. News of his arrival produced huge amounts of curiousity.
People that had seen him had to remain 50 yards from his house if they hadn't permission of authorities.

The emperor had serious talks about what should be done with Gulliver. They were planning to shoot him but feared his carcus would produce a famine throughout the land. Every village produced 40 sheep for Gulliver breakfast.

600 people were assigned to help Gulliver to groom as well as maintain his appearance. 300 tailors were asked to make Guliver a suit. There were teachers sent to instruct him on language and cultures of the land. He asked for the freedom to explore. Some guards were put around him to make sure he and the land were safe. His majesty said he had to be searched by two officers. The officers took inventory of the stuff within the household as well.

He would let the Lilliputians dance on his hand and play hide and seek in his hair. The Lilliputians were elected to office by family or athleticaly based they jumped. These events sometimes ended in accidental fatalities. They were at war and used Gulliver as a barricade.They made a sort of contract with Gulliver, who they called us they called the Man-Mountain.
It was conjectured that Gulliver came from space.

There was a 2 1/2 foot wall surrounding the town. When Gulliver walked over the town every Lillipution was on their roof looking up. The emperors palace has a two foot wall around it.

There are two parties in Lilliput: Tramecksan and Slamecksan. The Lilliputians have separate male and female nurseries The boys are dressed by older men until they are four years old.The girls are dressed by women until five years old. The parents see them twice a year for an hour each visit. If adults tell the children made up stories they are whipped and banished.

They were going to prick his eyes because he failed to protect the Lilliputions. He was going to leave as well. Before he returned to his native country, he went to Blefusia. He departed so soon because of a disagreement with the royalty, however they gave him food and supplies for his voyage home.

500 workmen made sails from the strongest linons. The emperor gave him his picture, and he kissed him good bye. He was on his way home and was greeted by an old friend. He stayed with his wife and kids for two months.

PART TWO
A voyage to Brobdingnag

Gulliver traveled on a ship which deserted him.The ship was scared off by.one of its inhabitants
He noticed the grass was an astounding 20 feet.
Gulliver was met by a farmer. He found Gulliver to be rational, and spoke to him, however his voice was to loud for Gulliver.  The farmers wife was scared of him at first. He ate with them when she calmed down.

His wife crumbled meat and bread for him. He tripped over the tablecloth as he was walking to the farmer. He slept for two hours after the meal.
He awoke under attack from two rats. He stabbed and killed one and the other ran in fear.
He dragged the deceased from the bed.

Their farmers daughters took care of Gullivers wardrobe and was his teacher. She called him Grildrig. Her name was Glumdalclitch. He was a curiosity to the villagers. A grultrud or crier gave notice as they went through the town. Thirty people were allowed to see him at a time. His daughter was the only one permitted to touch Gulliver.

Wednesday was their Sabbath so he was given the day off. Gulliver was in poor health. IHe was asked to make an appearance in front of the queen. He was asked to live in a castle when he was sold to the queen for 1000 gold pieces. Gulliver requested the farmers daughter remain his teacher. The queen agreed to take the farmers daughter in as well by request of Gulliver.

A bedchamber was made for him. Gulliver drowned in cream but was saved. The flies which were bird-sized bothered him greatly at meal time. Wasps also attacked him and stole his bread. But he eventaully killed them. He attacked them with a hanger and took their stingers. He removed them and kept them.

He gave two to a university when he arrived home and kept one for himself. He traveled the country in a new little box that was made because the other one was to odd shaped. A dwarf caused apples to fall on Gulliver, but wasn't punished by Gullivers request because he had provoked him.

He was caught in a hailstorm and injured. He got caught by a group if pigeons as well. He got clawed but wasn't injured any more then that. He had the pigeon for dinner the next day.

The queen distracted him with asking him about sailing when he was feeling meloncholy. They made a boat for him. Gulliver almost lost his life when he was slipped through a woman's fingures who was placing him on the boat and fell 40 feet saved by a pocket

Another time a frog was let out of a pail of the person who was feeding Gulliver. He defended himself and banged the frog on the head.

A monkey came through the window. Gulliver was mediating and quickly came to and overcame the challenge. The monkey actually thought he was a relation and began combing his hair and feeding him. He ended up being rescued by a boy who put him in his pocket. He stayed in his bed two weeks, to overcome the situation. His health was of great concern and checked on daily.

He made some chairs out of the queens hair that the queen displayed with great pleasures. He told of the sports and pastimes of England. Gulliver was sometimes brought to the kings concerts. He had discussion about Europe with the king.

Part III The Travels into Several Remote Nations of The World--Voyage to Laput

The voyage began August 5, 1706, and took a brief stop three weeks April 1707. They hadn't sailed four days when they got caught in a storm. Then they were boarded by two different pirate ships.

Gulliver is taken by pirates immediately after he started his third voyage. He was asked to be the doctor on the ship, to which he agrees. The crew was happy. They stayed at St. George to relax. He  went for a voyage with them when they were boarded by pirates. He was tied as well as the crew and they were all going to be thrown over board. Gulliver convinced them to only throw him overboard.  This was the worst punishment, even more than death. He actually got a conoe with an eight day supply of food and was set of drift. On his fifth day in the canoe, he got on the island.

Gulliver got plenty of kindle to cook his breakfast the next morning. He slept very little the night before, because of his anxiousness of his survival on the island. After breakfast, he began his exploration of the island and saw some people. He managed to communicate his distress, even though they had a different language. He then saw, to his surprise, they were on a flying island. They made signs for him for him to come down off the rocks and go to the shore.

Gulliver made his way to the island in the sky. He.was treated as very respectable and like one of the community. He was having a good meal of duck, beef and sausage. He was taught the language of the land. All his questions about the land were answered. After his meal he was brought to the king. The king ordered new clothes to be made for him. Unfortunately the clothes that were made for him were of poor quality, but he was thankful, all the same. Music was scheduled and was being played to Gullivers delight. He was uninterested in the current events of the land.

The residents were never relaxed, for their distress arose from the celestial plane. They believed the Earth would be swallowed up by the sun or become ash due to a comet. Gulliver never met a people more miserable than the people on the floating island.

The flying or floating island is circular. It is 7837 yards or 4.5 miles in diameter. It has a 300 yard thickness. The bottom is an even plate. Its highest point is 2,000 yards. It seems to the people that the government has the power to raise and lower, and make it rain or not. Within the center there is a pit about 50 yards across, which astronomers use to view the skies.

The king was taking Gulliver in his carriage for a tour of the Island. He showed Gulliver the unique way they farm. The island in the sky was people's work as well as others vacation destination. They stayed up there for a five month rotation. They even had a school and university up there. Gulliver was introduced to people whose only job was to mix colors for artists. He saw someone who made gunpowder, who wrote something about the usefulness of fire, which he planned on publishing. Then he met an architect who invented a new way of building from the top down.

He met Universal Artist, whose iob was to contemplate the issues plaging the lands, he had a large room filled with over 600 books, and had 500 men working for him. They went to a linguistic school. He saw that they were shortening books to mere nouns. Another project they were advancing on was to totally do away with language. This would be done by having the effects needed to converse with them and pointing them out. One of the.difficulties was to carry the items that you wish to converse about. Another difficulty was traveling to other land with languages entirely foreign to you.

Now, Gulliver travels to Luggenagg, just north of California. The Japanese Emperor and the Luggenegg king have an alliance which encourages travel. When he arrived in California, there wasn't any ships leaving for Luggenegg for some time. So he took a trip to Glubbdubdried. Glubbdubdried means sorcery or magician and is governed by royalty. The prince has the ability to raise the dead, but only for twenty-four hours, and can't call them for another three months.

The Prince/ Governor saw Gulliver when he requested an audience with him. Gulliver was afraid by the guards to the castle, but had no idea why.  He told the Governor about his travels. He ate with the Governor daily. They were served by ghosts. He declined the offer to stay with the Prince. He ate with the Governor daily, as well. Gulliver was given permission to call upon any ghost he so desired. He first called upon Alexander The Great, next Hannibal, who went through the Alps, he called on Ceaser and Pompey of Rome, and lastly St. Thomas More.

Some children had a red spot on their forehead. This spot grew and changed color as they aged. Gullivers friend, that he made in that country were extremely proud of what he was speaking to the Emperor about. He was then, searching for something to occupy the time away from the Prince. He fantasied about being other people. This diminished the free time greatly. After 80 years of age they are seen as dead to their world. When they turn 80 they are unable to purchase land or participate in sociatal activities of any sort. They lose their teeth and hair and disease if they have any are left untreated. They are put on a  form of welfare that would put us to shame and live off the kindness of strangers. Their age was found by the asking of the earlist royalty that they remembered.

Gulliver leaves and makes a smal visit to Japan, and then sails to Amsterdam. Then from Amsterdam to England. He made up his pqarents names for the royalty of England. He found all of his family healthy, when he arrived home.

Gulliver spent five months at home. He had become captain of a ship. Soon after this he had a mutiny.  He gave his position as captain up to Pocock. Several men died due to the weather. He was taken one morning and bound to his bed and was thrown overboard. The crew took over the ship and were going to sell all it's treasures. When they got to land they threw him overboard.

Gulliver feared the inhabitants of the island because they appeared to be horse-people who had long claws. Their hare was either brown, black or yellow. He hid from them at first. When they were gone, he found a road and followed it, not knowing where it would lead. He found three sets of tracks, of cows, horses and people.

The horses he found were surprised to see him. They were neighing to eachother, not unlike communication. He thought these creatures were magicians who morphed themselves into horses. He asked if he was able to ride on one of their backs to a town. Gulliver was led to a town, given food and drink in a civilized fashion. He brought present for his hosts, however this land was so odd, he tried to wake from this dream. He then saw some of the animals that he observed when he arrived at the island. These animals were actually humans, but they didn't clean or take care of themselves in any way.

Gulliver wanted to milk a cow but his host led him to a cupboard where a nurse gave him a bowl full of milk which he drank and that quenched his thirst. He then saw a cart pulled by four men. He dined with the horses. They all appeared to be modest. Gulliver wore gloves which perplexed his hosts and they wanted him to remove them. He had oat paste for dinner. He didn't get s8ck at all. At first he missed the food he was used to, but then got used to  these and was totally satisfied.

His host and his children were eager to teach Gulliver the language of the land. They wondered if his clothes were a part of his body, because he undressed after the host and his children went to bed and dressed before they awoke. The host hoped he would soon learn Gullivers story, and since Gulliver was such a quick study of the language, he soon would be able to share it.

His master didn't believe the story Gulliver told. He never heard a people beyond the sea and to take wood and float on the water. In their language Houyhnhnm, the species name, signifies a horse and states that they are the perfection of nature. Horse's of the neighborhood visited them to ask Gulliver question and he answered the best that he could.

One morning a servant walked in on Gulliver before he awoke and saw his nude body, afraid he ran to his master and told and told him what he saw. Gulliver asked that he not tell that he saw his body to anyone and his master granted Gullivers request.  He asked his master to not call him a yahoo any more. He was still in awe on Gullivers travels on a ship of wood. Gulliver wad surprised both to see the Yahoo as the Houhnhnyms. 

Doubting and non-believing were not practiced in the land. He was asked how horses were treated on his land. To which he replied it depends if they pulled carriages they were treated with respect, if they were on the farm they weren't that much. Friendship was a great value to the Houyhnhnms. They are at home everywhere they travel. Four times a year there is a race for the youth. Where want exist, it is immediately remedied. There are no diseases. They practice poetry and they all excelled at it. They use their hooves to milk their cows and reap their oats and also use tools they make out of stone. They live to seventy or seventy five. They caculate when they are going to die pretty acurately. When they die they have no regrets.

Gulliver found many friend. Their were few to no criminals or quarrels. Gulliver just answered questions in the presense of his master's friends. They went into the his of humans. Gulliver was glad to add to this. His master got in some trouble for keeping Gulliver as a member of his family, to which his master defended him and made clear that he was not like other yahoos on the island. Because of this Guliver had to prepare to go home. There wasn't much to make a boat, because the Houhnhnyms never heard sailing. His master helped him, and it took only six weeks. He packed milk and water. He kissed his masters hoove and set sail.

Gulliver sailed in search of an uninhabited island. In finding it, he ate some raw shellfish. He did not cooked them, because he didnt want to attack any attention. He was there for twenty days until he found some nakid indians on the island. He retreated in a canoe after being discovered. He feared them and didn't want any violence. He was chased in the water and got shot by an arrow in the leg. He docked and met some inhabitants.

Gulliver got lost again. He finally found his way to another uncharted island. He got wounded by the natives and dressed it as best he could. He was finally found by the Portuguese and explained his being there as best he could. Even then he was tied up, but at least he was brought aboard. At night he tried to escape, but was cought.

He hated humans now because of how they mistreated themselves and animals. However when the voyage was over he stayed with the captain for a little while. Following that, he went on a voyage to find his family in England. On the ship that took him to England, he didn't interact with the crew at all for his acting sick. He was more offended with the wasting of mind and body and pride then before all his voyages.

The Time Machine

By Joe Haldeman

“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.”
― Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button screenplay

Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman

This story was the Accidental Time Machine was about a young scientist who invented a time machine by accident. He traveled to futuristic places within it. I started in on May 5 of this year and finished it on May 15. It was a very interesting read.

Matt Fuller's supervisor, Marsh, hadn't been watching when the time machine made its first voyage. His supervisor didn't believe him and attributed it to sleep deprivation.Matt stayed a little longer, his supervisor went home.

He then went 33 minutes into the future in the time machine and it went 12 times longer each time.
Matt took the machine home. Matt stayed in the lab so much because he didn't want to come home to an empty house.

Kara, his girlfriend, wasn't home. Kara came home after Matt talked with his mom. Kara broke up with Matt for she didn't believe he was at the lab and she couldn't reach him. Next, Matt took the Time Machine home secretly. He timed the voyage with his stopwatch. He set a continuas video on his camcorder. He was going to proceed at ten, a few seconds before he started up the machine. He jammed his thumb down on the button and disappeared. He then thought he should have put the camcorder on the machine with him. His mother called in concern of the storm, so he stopped. Matt decided to take the time machine for a longer voyage, but first he had to build a copy, so it wouldn’t be missed. Matt wanted to put an animal in the time machine, but the pet store was closed since it was Sunday. He put a gallon of water in the time machine to see how much would evaporate. He then set the machine to go six hours into the future.

Matt couldn't come up with a name for the machine, he now called it a photon callibrator. He could of made it appear in his lab, with hundreds of students witnesses. He found out that night in an email that his funding was being cut by New Years. To make matters worse  he got fired from MIT. So he thought of playing on the rivalry of Harvard and then his lead, Marsh, would be fired, but decided against it. To still worsen this Kara's new boyfriend, Storm Lewis, would be taking his old job. Matt asked Dr. Marsh what was going on, to which he got no response. He.realized he helped Storm get the job, from the way he graded his papers.

Matt fell into a great depression because of this, where he slept for a day in a half. His job situation put him in such a mood that him going to a nudist bar didn't even help. However, he started working on his dissertation to pass the time, which was on the topic of the pattern local asymmetries in the gravity wave induction with a supernovae. Matt found out the machine went back in time because he found an engineering ruler, which he hasn't used since he was an engineering student.

Matt now was going to test the machine with himself. He brought a gallon of water, 1,005 calories of food, and burbon to keep him sane. He was taking a wetsuit and snorkel if he landed in the water and a raft as well. He asked his friend Denny to lend him his car. He was asked to videotape the whole thing as well. Matt just went a nine months and a few miles and was arrested and crashed into a into a bus. He was arrested for the fact that Danny was dead and he stole his car.  Dennis died when Matt left, Matt was interviewed by a police officer. Matt's bail of 1,000 dollars was given by an unknown source.He conned the officer to take him to his car and jumped in time thirty nine days and thirteen hours into the future.

In the future Matt jumped to he was a professor at MIT. There was a big parade welcoming Matt.Professor Marsh came up with a way to detect when the time machine was returning. Marsh suffered an illness from all the excitement of the.day before. Kara, his ex-girlfriend and Storm brought Matt some books in the hospital so he could catch up with the physics he rewrote. He asked if they new who bailed him out in the previous timeline, they didn't know who that was.

Matt's mom was in a nursing home when he returned, lost to Alzheimer's. He went to his 25th high school reunion, which was actually troubling to him. He found it very difficult to make friends. Kara was still in love with him, however she had a son, so that complicated things. This made his desire to time travel even more then him being out of date on everything. The team that was researching the time machine brought Matt in to study the effects it had on him. Matt activated the machine, making it look accidental.

Matt's next jump was to a forest. He was following a road. He found abandoned cars, spread out every mile. He stopped for a night after a guy ran away. Matt met a family that was fishing. Matt decided to fish with them and cought a big fish.

Outpost of Jupiter

Lester del Rey

"The impossible only takes a little longer to come true."

This story mixed facts with fiction about Jupiter.  Jupiter is eleven times the diameter of the Earth. It is nearly five million miles from the sun. It is eleven times the diameter of the Earth. Its gravity is 400 times less. The crust is 600 miles of an unknown substance. The pressure is ten times greater than the ocean. Its normal temperature is twenty degrees below zero. Its atmosphere Methane and has ammonia crystal  clouds. This book has 191 pages. I read this story from Monday July 15 to Thursday July 25.

It has four moons that were discovered in 1610 by Galileo.  The moons are called Io, Europa, Ganymede and Calisto.  They all are about the size of Mars. Calisto is made of an unknown frozen liquid. It is half the weight of our moon. All the moons are airless and frozen which makes the study of them nearly impossible.

Ganymede is the most promising to be able to study. It is 3,300 miles in diameter and its gravity is similar to our moon. Procylon,  was going a million miles an hour to Titan. The main crew was Captain Rokoff, Cheif Engineer Haikato, and Cheif Navigator Andrews. The other main characters were Red, Bob and his father. Penny was a rambunctious girl. Reds parent's died.

The Procyon was hit by many asteroids. They actually caused the ship to lose some air and took out one of the bio-domes. They were able to fix the shields, however the amount of damage was unknown.  The captain had entertained the idea that this was not astroids but an actual space pirates attack. Bob, however believed a ship hit the dome and took it.

Jupiter's big red spot is bigger than the entire crust on Earth. It had disappeared several times and shrank. Since the Procyon c9uld on the oceans surface it had no trouble landing on Ganymede. There were over 3000 people on Ganymede.  They were on a search of new plant life and animals. They could have another city in approximately ten years.

Bobs father was sick and could be cured due the gravity on Ganymede and a plant found there. He was being grounded because of his condition.

Bob majored in applied linguistics which studied the differences of language and found there were not many. Bob was taking a few semester's off in caring for his father, and he feared that he would be so behind due to this. Mankind had recently created a new language to communicate with machines. This speech had a basis in mathematics. People yet had no basis to compare non Earth languages. Red was sorry Bob had to stay and he would miss his schooling, but he would make a good colonist of him yet. Bob attempted to create a language to communicate with aliens called the Jovians, in the sphere that was detached from the ship, his attempt failed.

Bob was bored while his father worked so he was taken to see the mayor to find out what he could do. He was used as a clerk. When Bob got paid, he bought a suit to go out on the planet in.

Bob's friend Penny was the daughter of a friend. She said the people who broke the bubble on the ship came to the outpost as well.

Living on Jupiter cause abnormally slow aging. The regeneration wasn't only with age, but with health as well. The mayor wanted a list of all the individuals Bob, his father and Red have talked to without a suit.

Penny found diamonds wnd Red and Bob were curious about where she found them so they followed her the next time she disappeared. They found the ship that took the bubble off Bob's ship. Penny traveled there many times. She befriended it, because it was giving her presents.

Bob caught the disease on the planet, it was like the flu. Because of this Earth declared Earth a quarantine planet. However the diease proved to be non contagious. Sanchez was Bobs assistant in the hospital. The antidote from Earth would arrive to late to help a lot of the population. There was a interplanetary plague like this ever sinse the Martian fever.

Penny got lost, leading to Kirby yelling at her, he asked her to stop acting like a baby. So she took them to see the globe.  She was a baby when the sphere first called to her. The aliens in the sphere were dying. They had the same disease as the people of the town had. Kirby wanted to open it by blowing it up. This started a frenzy in the town. Three month's later a ship arrived with a cure. The Jovains were cured so they left. They found that people who survived the plague had a longer life expectancy.

Paranorman: The Beginning

Paranorman is a book about a school age kid,who can hear and see all dead things: both human and animal. This story is by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel. It has 54 pages. I started reading it on Wednesday April 3, 2013. I finished it on April 9, 2013.

As soon as Norman was born, at one in the morning, the hospital had a blackout, there was a strange dog howl for miles around and two guys saw a rainbow, shaped like a question mark, after their shift at a restaurant known as Witchy Weiner.

When he was 13, he found he had the ability to communicate with the dead, and that dead animals had a lot more to say then there human companions. He found that out in a science class while they were dissecting frogs. Items were disappearing from his class, a hamster, Norman introduced the frog to Alvin. Alvin was the classroom bully. Then he introduced the frog to Selma, who was the brain of the class. The frog was trying to tell Norman he wanted a proper grave.

Neil Gorman, the student who mostly got bullied, said to Norman to shut up, because of the fact that he would get bullied immensely for days to a week following. Norman didn't pay him any mind. Alan taunted Norman, saying he was a frog whisperer.

Norman has been both hearing and seeing the dead for as long as he could remember. But he started communicating with them only when his Grandmother died a year ago. He didn't mind being made fun of. He even had the status of an outcast.

The hamster came out from the back of the cage. No one recognized it and it started a huge commotion in the classroom. Norman pulled the.fire alarm and he took advantage of this  commotion and put the frog under his arm and he went out of the classroom. He slipped out of the school and went to a swampy area of the school yard and let the frog loose.

Norman and his sister Courtney missed their grandmother very much. She died at a very old age. Normans father was afraid his crazy brother would attend. His father hated the wrong type of attention being drawn to them, although that happened a lot when Norman was around. In the funeral home Norman was the main attraction for the spirits. He was not there, for more than ten minutes and the conversations started.

Norman was getting refreshments to disguise his conversations with the spirits. A man was was trying to get in, however the funeral home director wasn't letting him in on account of his poor dress was not appropriate for the get together. He then saw Norman and wanted to talk to him. The man actually was conversing with the ghosts that Norman was conversing with. Norman ended up screaming though, "All of you leave me alone." Alvin, from his class, was there, and responded to this by saying, "Dude your the only one standing there. Who you talking to the vegetable dip?" Normans father was severely embarrassed.

A morning after the funeral, Grandma Babcock was watching a Zombie movie with Norman. She walked through a solid wall another morning as casually as walking through a door. She's been doing this for approximately eleven months, now and showed no sign of wanting to leave. Norman was asked to take the trash out by his father, during the Zombie movie he was watching. Then Norman was asked why he couldn't be "normal' and put a tent up in the yard or save his allowance money and get something cool? He responded with "I like Zombies." He even brushed his teeth with a Zombie toothbrush and had the toothpaste foam out of his mouth. His room was covered with Zombie posters. Norman told his father, Grandma wanted the heat up. Courtney Norman to prove grandma was talking to him.

Norman never liked to flaunt his connection to the dead. But his sister was really begging him, so he told her she had pictures of the varsity football quarterback shirtless in her underwear drawer. Courtney embarrassedly charged out of the kitchen, her parents couldn't hide their devilish smiles. Normans mother said that at least she was in a better place, to which Norman said, "What in the living room." After that he went back to watching the movie with his Grandma. He had to explain a few parts of the movie to her. After the movie was over Norman wished his Grandma good night and went to bed. He heard his parents from upstairs saying, "I hope he hasn't got what his crazy uncle got." His father got more annoyed when the incident that occurred in the funeral home got out to the rest of the neighborhood. When Norman went up to his room and heard what his parents were saying about him, he was communicating subliminally with a moth.

Norman dreamt about the mysterious man outside the funeral home. He was looking at pictures in Normans room, however Norman couldn't make them out. He awoke and had to collect himself, because of this he missed breakfast and rushed out to school. But he was late, and he hated that. He saw the usual ghosts on the way to school. He almost crashed into a ghost of a military man and his horse. He then saw a dead raccoon and said, "Your new." The raccoon pointed to a corner with no stop sign. Norman said "There used to be a sign, but someone hit it."

Norman found the word "freak" on his locker when he got to school after being knocked down by some Lacrosse players. Math was canceled for pageant rehearsal, which Norman hated. It was in the gym which smelled like sweat and old rubber as usual, but was worse in the morning. The pageant was staged with bad artwork from the colonial era. Norman was of course cast as the first narrator.

Selma, Normans friend was arguing with Mrs. Hershal about her costume. She was the only student, Norman knew, who would stand up and argue teachers. Then something strange happened, even for Normans standards. The script turned into parchment. The rest of his friends momentarily transformed into pilgrims. Then the real world emerged once more.

Norman sensed someone was chasing him. It was his friend Neil. They were both ridiculed by Alvin and his gang. They heard a man whisper "hey," from behind a statue in the town square. Norman and the weird man could both see ghost. On the 300th anniversary, which was coming up the gate between the living world and the dead.world would be open. Norman was one that could stop this. Neil rescued Norman by throwing an apple at the man.

Norman told Neal that he saw dead people. Neal was thrilled. He asked Norman if he could come over and find his dead dogs spirit. Norman saw the dead dog cut in half. Norman played "phantom" fetch with Neil and.his dog all after noon.

When Norman got home, he had a ton of homework and to learn lines for the play. Selma called, because they were lab partners, she wanted to make sure everything was alright. He dreamt of the weird guy showing him some books, and then woke up. The next dream he had  of doing the play in his underwear. In the real play he checked to make sure he had all of his costume off. From that moment, things went horrific down ally bad.

Norman, then saw a huge owl, then the gym ceiling crackles and disintegrated. Then Norman was magically teleported to the oldest part of the woods, just outside of town. He was in the middle of a witch hunt. The villagers started chasing him.

After Norman was back, he started screaming, "The dead are coming," and jumped off the stage. A mass panic arose, followed by laughter. After that Norman and his family went home and he was.grounded, just for being who he was.

The whole school was laughing at Norman the next day. If he thought he knew misery before, this was a whole new meaning. He only could get a moment to himself in the bathroom. Someone came in and he went up on the toilet seat to hide. Then his role of toilet paper suddenly began to be undone. Norman wondered what was going on. Then the toilet began to shutter violently. The water started spilling out. The face of the old man, Prendergast, appeared in the bowl. He gave him a book with business for him to finish.

Alphas

A radical transformation is on its way, it is as though the human brain is developing a new set of skills, significant change in its hardware since the appearance of language. A third wave of human adaptation. These so-called alphas are everywhere, but most have no idea that they are part of a larger phenomena. For reasons that date back to the cold war, policy makers have insisted on keeping this information from the public. Officially my mandate is to supervise a group of aphas, as they assist with cases suggesting alpha activity. But my goal remains the same, to help understand these very special people, and the revolutionary developments to the human brain.

WIZARD OF OZ

BY L FRANK BAUM

Dorothy brought laughter into Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's house. It was so long since they laughed that Henry forgot what laughter and fun were because of working so hard in the fields. Also Henry and Aunt Em were both gray from age and work and lack of fun. Henry looked solumn and stern and hardly ever spoke.Toto gave life to Dorethy and caused her to laugh and have fun. They played all day.

When the cyclone first appeared Uncle Henry ran to check on the animals in the barn. When Aunt Em ran to the storm celler with Dorothy Toto jumped out of her arms, so she ran to chase him.Dorethy never made it to the storm celler.

The house swirled around. Dorethy felt as if she was in a balloon. The house was carried as if it was light as a feather. Dorethy also felt like a baby in a crib. Toto didn't like what was happening. Toto fell out, but the wind pressure kept him up. Dorethy went to sleep to await the house to stop.

Dorethy was awakened by a shock that was so harsh that she would have fell out of bed if she wasn't in it. She ran to her door to open it. She went out and was welcomed by the Munchkins. Dorethy killed the Wicked Witch of the East and the Munchkins were overjoyed.

The land of Oz not being civilized still had wizards and witches. Oz is the greatest wizard who lived in the Emerald City.The Witch of West ruled over the Winkes in the West.

Dorethy must go to the center of the country to Oz. The Witch of the North will use all the magic she knows to protect Dorethy. No one would injure Dorethy for the Witch gave her a kiss.

Dorethy buttered some bread for her and Toto, then got fruit which completed her breakfast. She had only one dress. She took off her old leather worn shoes and put on the Witches silver shoes. The Munchkins houses all were blue, for that was the counties favorite color

At night, she went in the fields and found a party at a wealthy Munchkins house and a table with delicious food which she ate at. They were celebrating the demise of the Wicked Witch and their newly gained freedom.

They were pleased to see her wear blue and white, for blue was the color of Munchkins and white good witches

She wandered off the path at night and found a Munchkin named Boq having a party celebrating the defeat of the wicked witch. Boq let her rest in a room when she grew. When she woke she ate breakfast. She had to rest after several miles of the journey and climbed a fence and sat She saw a scarecrow. The Scarecrow winked and then nodded at Dorethy. Toto ran up and barked at him. He wasn't feeling well with the pole up his back. Dorethy managed to take him down.

The Yellow Brick Road road got scary. It had holes in it, which caused the Scarecrow to stumble and fall. However his humour made him laugh and kept him from embarrassment. At noon, Dorethy sat and ate lunch from her basket. She offered some to the Scarecrow who refused for having no stomach. The Scarecrow asked why she wished to go back to to Kansas because it was so grey. To which she responded because her loved ones were there. Dorethy asked him to tell her a story because he was made two days ago.

He tried to tell her about how he was made. His maker made him, and he luckily put his eyes in first, so he could see around him. His maker then painted the rest of his face on. He tried to walk after his maker was done with him, but found that he couldn't because of the pole stuck in his back. The crows soon became unafraid of him, because he couldn't get them.

It had become evening and Dorethy couldn't see, but Toto and the Scarecrow could. Dorethy asked if they could see a house or anyplace we could stop, could we stop? They found a place and Dorethy and Toto were soon fast asleep. The Scarecrow, who had no need for sleep stood guard.

When Dorethy awoke she and the Scarecrow searched for water, so she could bathe and have a drink with her bread. While they were getting water they heard a groan. Dorethy ran to the cottage, they had just spent the night in, and got the oil can for the Tin Man and oiled his joints. The Tin Man then joined the party to Oz and was going to ask for a heart, for he once had one. He almost married a Munchkin girl. However he was stopped by her mother. She needed assistance cooking and cleaning, and didn't want her daughter to get married and leave. She made a deal with the Wicked Witch of the East and gave her two sheep and a cow if she would prevent the marriage. The Witch caused the Tin Man ax to slip, chopping off his left leg. He went to.the Tinner and he fixed him up. Then the witch slowly caused him to be all tin, by having him cut off all his parts. This being done he lost his love for the Munchkin girl.

They were going through a creepy dark part of the yellow brick road. They met the cowardly lion. The Tin Man cried that he crushed a bug, because he valued all life. He cried a bit and rusted from it. No one understood him when he asked to be oiled, except the Scarecrow, so he oiled him. That taught the Tin Man to look where he was going. For if he started to cry, he would rust. He knew he had no heart so he would.attempt not to be cruel or unkind to anything.

That night they camped out, for there were no houses near. The Tin Man chopped wood and Dorethy built a fire. The Lion said he would kill an animal for Dorethy's breakfast, to which she refused, because the Tin Man would cry. So the Lion went out and ate alone. The Scarecrow found some nuts on a tree and got them down for Dorethy. The Scarecrow dropped some because hands were just straw so he couldn't grip well. Dorethy was honored that he tried.

When they awoke they found a new obsticle before them. They found a deep stream. The Lion thought he could jump it with one of them on his back. To test he first took the Scarecrow. The Lion was able to, so he took everyone in the party over.

They came to another chasm which was bigger, so the Scarecrow said why the Tin Man could cut a tree and we could across it. Two tigers chased them as they crossed the bridge.

They sailing on a river they had to cross. They sailed to far from the land and were scared, they would sail to close to the wicked witch's territory, and become in a trance. The Scarecrows pole got stuck at the bottom of the river making him stuck. They were afraid they lost him. The Lion dragged the boat to shore.

A stork was flying by and asked where they were going. Dorethy said to Oz and asked the stork to save the scarecrow. The stork agreed and said she would try. The stork managed to rescue him. Then they found the field of poppies. Dorethy didn't know poppies made you sleep, so she fell asleep in the field. The Tin Man carried her out. The Lion who was getting tired had to run out of the field.because he couldn't be carried. The Lion didn't make it. They found him fast asleep.

The Tin Man saved a field mouse from a wild cat by chopping his head off. The mouse was the Queen of the field mice. The Queen made her horde serve the Tin Man and grant his every wish. Toto awoke and started chasing the mice, as he did in Kansas. The Queen asked if he would bite. To which the Tin Man responded he won't allow him to.

The Tin Man couldn't come up with anything to wish for, so the Scarecrow said the Queen could rescue the Lion, in the poppyfield. The Tinman made a cart out of wood and each mouse in the Queens horde brought some string to pull the cart. Dorethy awoke from her long sleep and the Scarecrow filled her in on what was happening. All the mice returned with pieces of string within there mouth and they tied to their necks. They tied one end to their necks and the other to the cart and they were able to pull it quite easily. Then the Scarecrow and the Tin Man put the Lion on the cart quite easily. Dorethy thanked the mice because of their heroic feat, of saving the Lion. The Queen said if they ever needed their help again to just call out and she will come.

They spent the night with some Munchkins, who were first scared of the Lion, until Dorethy promised he was a tame lion. They gave Dorethy some.porage and eggs for dinner and Toto some bread. Dorethy said they were on there way to see Oz. However they said no one ever saw Oz, in fact no one even knew what he looked like. The Munchkins are all scared of his grandness. They say he takes on many forms.

The next morning they continued they're journey to Oz. Before long they saw the beautiful green glow of the Emerald City. However it took them all morning to reach it. There was a bell to enter the city. The gate opened when the rang it. There was a little green man, about the size of a Munchkin that met them as they entered. They told him they wanted to see Oz. He responded, it has been many year since anyone has seen Oz, let alone asked to see him. Oz was so bright the man gave them glasses.

Only one was admitted to see the Wizard alone. They had luxurious sweets to stay in until the Wizard was ready for them. In Dorethy's room she found a fountain of green tinted perfume water, and green books and all the dresses in the wardrobe fit her exactly. The same nicitys were in the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lions room.

Oz appeared to Dorethy as a great head, and asked Dorethy where she got her shoes, she told him and she told him about the kiss from the Witch of the North. The Wizard asked Dorethy to kill the Wicked Witch of the West and he will grant her wish. Oz appeared to the Scarecrow as a beautiful woman and asked the same. The TinMan saw Oz as a horrific beast. It was the size of an elephant, it had a rhinoceros head with five eyes. It had five arms and five legs as well. It also had a thick woolly coat. The lion saw him as a great ball of fire. The same condition was given to all of them, to kill the Wicked Witch of the West.

Dorethys dress turned white when they left Oz. They soon left the houses and the land wasn't taken care of. Dorethey, the Lion and Toto slpt after that with the TinMan and the Scarecrow standing watch. The Wicked Witch had only one eye, but could see through it like a telescope. She first set her wolves on them. The TinMan tookbcare of them by chopping their heads off. In the morning Dorethy thanked him for saving them. This made the Witch madder. She called her crows and set them on the travelers. This time the Scarecrow protected them by scaring them away.

The Witch sent a sworn of bees to sting them. The Scarecrow said "Take my straw out and scatter it over the girl, the Lion and Toto," which prevented them from being seen, this caused the bees not to sting them, Then Dorethy helped the TinMan put the scarecrow back together. The Witch called her slaves the Winkes and set them on the travelers. The Lion roared and scared them away. She then used her magical golden cup which was in her cupboard to call upon the flying monkeys to kill all but the Lion, for she would put him to work for her. They picked up the TinMan and through him on jagged rocks, where he became all dented and couldn't move or grown. The flying monkeys picked the Scarecrow apart. They threw rope around the Lion and on a tall tree, so he couldn't get away. Then they carried him to the Whiches castle. They only could carry Dorethy, because she had the Good Witches kiss, and that protected her from harm. She also had the silver shoes of the Witch of the East. Since Dorethy didn't know the power she possessed, the Witch tried to take advantage of her. When the Witch got hold of one shoe, by tricking Dorethy, Dorethy got so made she threw water on the Witch. She melted from this.

The Winkies help save the Tinman. The Winkies fixed the TinMan. They even repaired his ax and refurbished the handle out of hold. After this the TinMan chopped the tree to get the Scarecrows clothes down. The Winkes took him back to the castle, and restuffed him with the best straw they could find. Then they decided to Ho back to Oz. However, the Winkies begged them to stay. But they bid them ado. Dorethy filled her basket with treats from the witches cupboard.

Dorethy called on the field mice to help them find the Yellow Brick Road. The Queen suggested, Dorethy to use the cap because they could get them there in about an hour. So she did. On the trip she asked the Monkey King why they had to obey the wearer of the crown. He told her about the mischief they used to cause. There lived a beautiful and great sorcerus in the North. She helped people with all her magic. She was called Gayellete. She never hurt anyone. She was extremely lonely though. At last she found a boy, named Quelala. When Quelala grew up, was the best and wisest man.

The Winged Monkeys lived by the castle and loved to joke and play tricks. They dropped the prince in the water, on his wedding day. The water ruined his clothes, but he survived. The princess grew angry at the monkeys. She tied their wings. Knowing that would kill them the leader begged hard to have another punishment. So they got another, they had to grant three wishes for the crown. The monkeys were sent to stay away from her, which they gladly accepted because they were afraid of her. The story was completed as they reached the Emerald City.

The travellers were back in the Emerald City. Greeted by the same man, they told him they melted the Witch of the West. There was a huge parade that followed them to the Wizards Palace. They waited for days, then the Scarecrow sent a message to the Wizard that if he didn't see them they'd send the flying monkey's after him. So he asked to see them at nine the next morning. The Wizard did not show himself when they entered the throne room. He said to visit tomorrow while he considered what he should do. The Scarecrow responded with "You had many days already." The Lion roared to scare him, that knocked the curtain down, and the saw The Wizard was just a man. The TinMan was ready to strike the man with his ax, but he said please don't and the TinMan put his ax down. The Scarecrow called him a humbug. He explained all the forms he showed up in were just illusions.

He was a balloonist, a person who got people to go to events. One day his balloon got away and came to Oz. The people of the land thought he was a great wizard, so he played along. He told them to build the Emerald City and his palace. He ordered the people to wear green spectacles. The Witches protected everyone from their East and West counterparts.

He said to the Scarecrow experiance is what gives you brains. To the Lion he said everyone is afraid of something, to have courage you must act even when you are afraid. To the TinMan he said that a heart makes you sad more often then not. To Dorethy he asked her, to give him a few days and he would figure something out.

The Wizard took the Scarecrows head off to put the brains in the right place. He mixed bran and needles in the Scarecrows head and put it on. The Scarecrow thanked the Wizard. Those nails sticking out of his head were proof that he was sharp, the Lion stated.

Next the TinMan went in to get his heart. The Wizard had to cut a hole in his chest. The the Wizard got a heart from his drawer made of silk and string stuffed with sawdust. The TinMan asked if it was a kind heart. To which the Wizard replied it was.

Then the Lion walked in for his courage. The Wizard put green liquid in a dish and for the Lion drink. He asked what it was. To which the Wizard responded "If it were in you, it would be courage. You know, of course, that courage is always inside you, so that this really cannot be courage until you have swallowed it. Therefore I advise you to drink it as soon as possible. So the Lion drank it. "How do you feel" asked Oz, "Full of courage," said the Lion.

The Wizard said he would make a balloon for Dorethy and himself to get back to civilization. There was no helium to make the balloon fly. So they were going to fill it with hot air. The only problem with that was if the air got cold they would sink and be lost. But they had to try. They sewed different shades of green silk together to make a balloon within three days. He put glue over the silk to make it air tight. He put the Scarecrow in charge, while he was away, for he said he was visiting a brother Wizard of the sky. However Dorethy couldn't find Toto so she missed the balloon.

Everybody mourned Oz's departure. They all were proud to have Scarecrow as their new leader. The Scarecrow gave her the idea to ask the Flying Monkeys for help, for her travels to Kansas and they belonged to the country of Oz. Next they tried the Wise Green Soldier. He suggested they travel to see Glinda, the Witch of the South might be able to help. Dorethy had a long journey to the Which of the South. The Lion, Scarecrow and TinMan went with her of course.

The traveler's made it to an enchanted forest where the Scarecrow was thrown and landed on his head. Then the TinMan chopped a branch and scared all the trees. So they let them through. At the edge of the forest they found a high wall made of, what appeared to be, smooth white China. Because of this the TinMan made a ladder, so they could climb over.

Everything; the houses, fences, barns, animals and people were made of white China. The people wore white with yellow spots. Dorethy, the TinMan and the Lion got down by jumping on the Scarecrow after which they stuffed back into shape. The startled a cow, which broke its leg and dumped the bucket with milk, and the milkmaid was annoyed with them because now she had to get her cow fixed up.

It was difficult to walk for the grass was so thick. There were a lot of muddy holes. They had to be careful not to fall in for, the grass hid them from sight. They went through the field and found themselves in a thicker, older forest. The Lion felt right at home, but the Scarecrow was afraid. Dorethy, Toto and the Lion fell asleep for the night. As usual the Scarecrow and the TinMan stood guard.

They heard a low rumble after they awoke. Toto was the only one afraid. They kept going. Hundreds of beasts, of every kind, were making the rumble. However the Lion said they were just holding a meeting and by the sound of it they were in danger. A Tiger told the Lion about a huge beast like a spider was attacking them. The Lion asked if there were any other lions, to which the Tiger answered no, the monster ate them. So the Lion asked the Tiger to take good care of his friends while he fights the monster.

The great spider was laying asleep as the Lion approached. It was so ugly that the Lion turned away in disgust. He jumped on the monster as it slept and tore its head off. The Lion went back to his friends and the animals of the forest, and promised to return when Dorethy was on her way to Kansas.

On their travels to the Good Witch, they were stopped by a man with no arms or legs. After they were stopped and told they couldn't pass, they saw hundreds of them. The traveler's however went forth. The men laughed as the Scarecrow fell. The Lion became.so angry at that he let out a mighty roar. Dorethy ended up calling the winged monkeys, with her last golden cap wish, to help. They carried the travelors over part of the countryside. When they left them, they saw it was a beautiful countryside with fields of ripening grains, rippling brooks. Everything was painted the brightest shade of red the travellers had ever seen. The residents were short, fat and chubby but they appeared healthy and in fine spirits. When they knocked on a farmer's door, the wife opened it. She gave them a great and scrumptious dinner with a dessert of cookies and cakes. Toto even received a large bowl of milk. Dorethy asked how far Glinda's castle was. To which the farmer's wife responded it wasn't a dreat distance. Just take the road to the south and you shall reach it. They walked a little and soon reached it. They walked to it and saw two female guards. They told them they were there to see Glinda and were soon let in.

Before they saw the Good Witch, they were cleaned up as they were in Oz. Glinda wanted the Golden Cap in exchange for granting Dorethy's return to Kansas. She asked the Scarecrow what he will do to which he responded he will return to Oz, so with a wish from the golden cap, she returned to Oz by way of the Flying Monkeys. Then she asked the TinMan who thought for a moment and said he shall go rule over the Winkies, since they wanted him to rule over them when the Wicked Witch died. Her second wish on the crown were for the monkey were to take the TinMan to the Winkies. Now she asked the Lion who wanted to go back to the forest, where he was going to rule. So her third wish on the crown was for the monkeys to take the Lion over the Hammerheads and to the forest he was asked to rule. Then the Good Witch gave the Crown to the king of the Flying Monkeys. The Witch asked Dorethy what she wanted. She said to go back to Kansas. To which the Good Which said you had the ability all along. Just click your heals together, and say, "There's no place like home." So she clicked her heals, and said, "Take me home, to Aunt Em."

Alphas

This show was fantastic. It was about a group who had these extraordinary abilities. One girl could smell and taste everything. One guy had excellent aim. One guy could see all electronic signals as pictures. Another girl could make people do exactly as she wanted, but only simple things.

Geography club

High school is full of challenges.Everything from grades to body development. This story is about Russels and Kevin who come out to eachother. It's written by Brent Hartinger. Hartinger is the founder of a gay and lesbian community center in Tacoma, Washington. He is a talented playwright as well as an author. It has 15 chapters and 226 pages. I read this book in three days: January 25, 2013-January 28, 2013.

Russel was petrified of coming out, even to his two best friends. He took showers after gym and felt like a soldier among enemies. That is until he made plans to meet with a student, who he met online, at the playground. It was Kevin Land.
Russell is in the lockeroom after his shower and afraid the boys would figure out he was gay.

Mrs. Toll was having a heated conversion with the Reverend and the principal about her showing kids how to use a condom on a cucumber. The school got rid of Ms. Toll, because she wouldn't stop defending her idea of putting a condom dispenser in the bathrooms.

Russel, Min, Terrese and Kevin started the Geography club, because it would be the only way for them to meet safely and talk about stuff that was on their minds. The club would meet twice a week. Anything said in the group stayed in the  group.

Russel agreed to go on a double date with Gunnar which turned into three. Trish tried to kiss Russel. They went to Trishs parents beachhouse for the third date. Russel thought they were going to the movies as they did the for the first and second double date.

Someone else wanted to join the group. Belinda joined the geography club, which killed the gossip and hanging out.
Russel joined the baseball team to be close to Kevin.

Trish kissed Russel. She wanted to have sex with him as well.
Kevin kissed Russel later that night. Kevin wanted to kiss Russel ever since they met, which surprised him.

All the baseball players were chewing tobacco, so Russel was trying it, but hated it.

Belinda came late to the next geography club meeting. So they expanded the meaning of the club to being an outsider. Belinda became the token draught member.

Russel won the first baseball game. At school people were awwed by Russ winning the game. At lunch he was 50 cents short, the lunch lady let him go. Russ went back into the school to get books. He heard voices in the hallway. Jeered and Nolan to baseball jocks, had stayed late to practice their hitting. Brian Bond, the kid everyone thought was gay, came down the stairs.
Jeered and Nolan saw him. They made fun of him, and Russ joined in. Min came down as well, she glared at Russ. Min didn't talk to Russ all afternoon and the next day and sat with her old girlscout friends at lunch.

Min wanted to reach out to Brien Bundle, who was an outsider as well. They voted on it, and it didn't pass.

Trish, Gun, Russ, and Kimberly went out to get pizza. They surprised Russ by going to Kimberlys parents cabin that night.
Russel wanted to go home. Gun didn't want to. Kevin picked him up when he called.

At lunch, someone smeared lipstick and rouge on Brian Bund and pushed him in the cafatera to thunderous laughter.

The geography club was no more, because Min wanted to help Brian Bund and her vote didn't pass again.

Russel thought Gun told everyone he was a fag. They were going to try to put the geography club back together. Jered told Russel, everyone thought he was gay.

He was eating lunch with Brien Bund, and getting advice to deal with life now, not always hope for the future. Kevin wasn't talking to Russel. Gun didn't start the rumer, Kimberly did.

Min apologized to Russel. Kevin left Russel, because he was afraid the kids would think he was gay. Kevin wanted to get back together with Russel, but Russel said no.

Gun came over to apologize for how he acted the other night.Gun knew he was gay for five years and was cool with it.

Jerrad apoligezed for yesterday, calling him a fag, which surprised Russel. Brien applied for a gay straight club.

Russel sat at Brians table yet again. The geography club turned into a gay-straight allience.

This book was one of the best non-startrek books I read in a long time. It was about a Russels coming out and all the troubles he had in high school. I really felt what that Russel was going through.

Micro

The micro world is all around us. We may not think about it or see it but it does exist. The book was partly written by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston. They both are Science Fiction writers. The book is split into three parts; Tensor, A Band of Humans, and Tantalus. I read it from December 14-31, 2012. It has 529 pages. This was an adventurous book. The micro-world is an ever growing, ever expanding world.

The main characters were graduate students from Cambridge University. Rick Hunter who was an ethnobotonist who studies medicines used by indigenous people. Karen King who was an arachnologist who is an expert in spiders, scorpions and mites. She was also skilled in martial arts. Peter Jansen who was an expert in venoms and envenomations. Erika Moll an entomoligist and coleopterist which is a beetle expert. Amar Singh was a botanist studying plant hormones. Jenny Linn who was a biochemest studying phermones the signaling scents used by animils and plants. Danny Minor was a doctorial student writing a thesis on scientific linguistic codes and paradigm transformation. I liked all the characters, since they all studied a different branch of science. Eric Jenson was the founder of Nanogen and the brother of Rick. This book reminded me of The Andromeda Strain.

Eric comes to Cambridge to ask Rick and his colleagues to come to Hawaii and work for him at Nanogen. He comes in three red convertables, which get everyone's attention. Nanogen is located near the Hawaiian rainforest, so it would be easier to get resources for making drugs.

Nanogen appeared to the public as a regular forty square foot warehouse. The company worked on the creation and improvement of nanotechnology. The smallest were about the size of a thumbtack. The only security the company has is a lock and key.

Marcus Rodriguez was a private investigator hired by Willy Fong for an unknown client. Rodriguez found the client bleeding from a gash which origins were not known. Three men were found dead of similar causes. The police were baffled.

Everyone in Peters family, except Eric, died in a plane crash. Eric struck it rich off a startup. Drug companies were the major backer.of Nanogen.Peter found a tiny model of an airplane in Erics car. After Eric left Cambridge, Peter called him up about this, and was told to bring it to Hawaii when he came. Peter was playing with it. Amar saw it, and asked Peter to see it. Peter gave it to Amar. Under magnification they saw it was very detailed.

Everyone thought Eric was bullshitting them, but that didn't stop them from going to Hawaii. Before they went to Hawaii, Eric sent Peter a text warning him not to come, however Peter never didn't get it until he landed in Hawaii. They learned Eric had a boating accident and went missing presumed dead. Ethenol was the probable cause of the accident. To add to this Eric had no life jacket and made no distress call, however he was an exceptionally strong swimmer.

Alyson Bender, VP and CFO of Nanogen, was standing on the hill overlooking the gulf, where Eric was lost. When questioned by the police, Peter denied knowing her.

When Peter went to the shipyard to look at Erics boat, a man yelled at him saying he needed to register in the office before he could be in the shipyard. Alyson identified him and he was let in.

The grad students met Vin Drake and he gave them a tour of the facility. He caused an alarm to go off and took the students to a room and shrank them. Drake dropped them into a bag and gave them to Alyson, who he told to drop them in the ocean. She was angry at him, because this whole thing was getting out of hand, so she dropped them in the grass not killing them as he wanted.

Vin Drake couldn't trust Alyson, because she carried Peter and his team out of the crate. He had to get rid of her, but couldn't now because all of the police there since Erics disappearance. She entertained the idea of dropping the bag in the surf, but decided against it.  Drake was going to blame their disappearance on alcohol.

A Band of Humans
The group wanted to go to the other Nanogen site for a better chance of becoming their normal size. It was only fifteen miles away, however to them it was a hundred times further. 

They had to be very careful in the world they were in now. One thing they had to look out for were big headed ants, which are the most ferocious ant in the world. They found out they were a lot stronger in the Micro World. This helped with the perils they faced. They found a supply tent, which was put in place just in case of emergency. They were debating whether to call for help, however they decided against this, for fear of Drake overhearing. They found weapons in the tent which would help them survive the unexpected perils of this world.

Dan Makele, chief of Security, was taking care of the micro-tents, which were set up for micro teams. He was shaking the bunker which the students were in.

Jenny hurt herself bad, they were using a leaf as a stretcher. It started to rain, so they ran under leaves and somehow lost Jenny. They survived the rain, but with heavy losses.

They scared a mosqueto away with a harpoon. After that they got poison from a millipede. Then they took turn standing guard, while the others slept. They heard a Daddy Long Legs pass. They were awakened by Earthworms then heard bats.

They were attacked by a Centipede which trapped Amar on the roof, Karen distracted him, and Amar got down. They saw a butterfly feed off nectar and they did so as well.

They decided to go to Tantelis Base, another Biogen site, to hopefully find people to help them.
Danny woke up to.find himself in a wasps clutches. Karen and Erika jumped off a tree and went through a spiderweb. Amar wanted the group to leave him, he had the Bends and would slow the group down. Amar and Peter died of a sniper shot.

Tantalus

There was an unknown man who was shooting.
Rick didn't know if anyone was still alive. Karen was about to be shot. However, Rick saved her by killing him. A spider saved Karen.She hit it with a rock to make it madder, and he ate the gunman.

Rick, Erika, Karen and Danny were the only survivors. Terrible emptyness fell over them for their lost friends. The fact that Peter was dead really saddened them, because he was their leader. They took the Hexapod, and Rick stated the were driving to Tantalus.

Eric Jenson was at the gate of Nanogen. He couldn't get in to Biogen. He was listening for electronic chatter.

The police found Alyson Bender body. Alyson had Jennys wallet. The hunters who were hired to kill the students were presumed to be dead, so Drake was happy because at least he didn't have to pay them.Drake found out the Hexapod was going to Tantelis base. Amar wanted the group to leave him, he had the Bends and would slow the group up.

Rick was.dissecting a beetle for its poisonous pouch. Dorothy and Wanabe found a minature vacuum. Erika took a swim nude, Rick and Karen joined

Erika was eaten saving Karen, but she was ok in the birds digestive track. Erika lost consiousness when the bird landed. She was formulating a plan to get out. Rick recognized the bird when it came back looking for more food. Rick lodged a harpoon within the birds neck causing the bird to commit, and Karen came out

Dan Wanabe went to Nanogen other location.Makele was talking with Dan. Makele was the head of security at the other.office. Karen was looking for a spider to help Rick. Karen used Wasp venom to incapacitied a spider she needed for Rick. They finally got to Tantalus base.

Ben Rourke welcomed them. Ben was planning to chop Ricks arm off to prevent further infection.Rourke was one of the founders of Nanogen.
The biggest mysterious thing that came from the shrinking was lack of forming blood clots.

Karen was thinking about staying small

They were going to fly to Nanogen. They are going to be so small the shields are not going to register them. Everyone, except Danny, slept within a magnetic chamber.Daniel was outside.
His arm started coming off, a grub was transforming, he called Karen but the magnet she was in was sealed. So he called Drake through a computer but it was giving him trouble because it was after hours. Daniel told Drake all about the base as well as Rouke.

Danny went to the Tantelis branch of Nanogen. He flew between two people kissing by mistake. Then he almost collided with a moth.

Drake burned down the Tantalus site, just as Karen and Rick left. Rouke, unfortunately died. Eric came back looking for people; but couldn't find anyone so he left. Karen got his attention by blinking the lights on her plane and then landed in his hands. She communicated with him by use of her planes radio. She told him what happened to his brother. He took her back to Nangen. Then he was going to speak with Drake.

Drake sent bots after Rick and Karen. The bots cut through both their wings, making them both eject. A bot killed Rick by cutting through his forehead to his eye. Then the police arrived and were told what to expect by Eric. They asked Drake to come out immediately.

Eric and Drake fell in the generator. Drake landing on top of Eric. Eric got the controller and smashed it. They both lunged for the gun. Drake shot Eric in the thigh. Drake lied to Eric saying he did everything to save his brother.

Karen and Rick went in the Hexagon and became normal sized and the bot was the size of a refrigerator. Drake was locked in the generator with hundreds of Micro bots and big bot. The police called and he begged them to get him, however the gigantic bot killed Drake. They brought an industrial size magnet to get the bots out after they went through Decon. The big bot, however, drilled through the floor of the generator. Edward Catel was still in Nanogen. He took the data from Nanogen.

Karen saw a humpback from here camp on the beach with Rick. Karen was intent on finding a way back to the micro-world. Once something was invented it was out there. Karen saw a reflecting in the air and it could of been a plane.

The micro world has its own logic and adventures that appear to be much different then our own. They are just the same as ours in the normal sized world. However, that you are tiny, so they seem very magnified. This is only a perception.

Zombies, vampires and Warewolves where are we headed

The different times brought a new age of supernatural entities. In the 1950-1960 there were a lot of mutants that became such through a radiation accident, dracula and the like. In the 1970s posessions were in, The Exorcist. Followed in the 1980s by slashed and fairies, such as, Tinkerbell. Now there is ghost stories such as Ghost Hunters, which make death less scary.

Dr. Who

Dr. Who started in 1963. The TARDIS stands for time and relative dimension in space. Originally the TARDIS had a chameleon circuit inside of it, which would enable it to shapeshift to blend in to its surroundings.

Britain represented the Earth as in Startrek the United States represents the Earth. Surprisingly in 2011, Dr.Who outsold Modern Family and Glee. It  was closer to fantasy then science fiction show. Funny how it increased bowtie sales worldwide. When the doctor regenerates, a different actor plays him.