Hoot
My ORB was Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. It was about a boy named Roy Eberhardt who just moved to Florida from Montana. He had to deal with bullies and try to make friends like any other kid. But one day he saw a kid running around with no shoes on, he also discovered that this boy doesn’t go to school.
Meanwhile a construction site for a pancake house keeps getting sabotaged by an unknown vandal. The construction company tried everything to keep this person. They had a police car stay there over night. They bought guard dogs and they even made the head of the project sleep in a trailer on the site. But somehow this vandal would get onto the site anyway.
As Roy tried to find out more about the shoeless kid he had a confrontation with the boy and his stepsister. And the three of them eventually became best friends. It was then that Roy discovered that it was the shoeless boy who was sabotaging the pancake house. It turns out that there were some burrowing owls on the construction site and they would all be killed when the pancake house was built.
Roy did lots of research on these owls and eventually discovered that they were an endangered species and that you couldn’t destroy there home without a special permit. So Roy went to town hall and found out that all the documents for the building rights were missing. Roy and his friends then asked a bunch of kids from school to go to the site at lunch where they would be having a ceremony for the start of the pancake house being built. They were able to show everyone that the owls really lived there and that it would be illegal to build over their homes. so the man in charge of the building was arrested and the owls were saved
Thursday, October 15, 2009
dogs versus cell phones
What is more important to people, items that you can put a price on or moments that you will remember forever? I'm not sure that I can answer that question; in fact I don’t think that there is anyone who can. The reason for this is because that different people each value a different thing. There is nothing wrong with that, people aren’t supposed to all have the same opinion. Hopefully this essay will help me decide what is more important to me.
I was eating my breakfast my family started to notice that I was awake. Immediately I was greeted with a good morning and a happy birthday. Personally I feel that wishing everybody a happy birthday is completely over rated; nobody cares about any of that, all that they need is the presents.
So it is no surprise that the second I finished my meal I asked my parents if I could open my presents. Luckily my birthday happened to fall on a Sunday that year so I was allowed to open my presents in the morning. So I unwrapped the present that I thought resembled the item I was looking for the most; I guessed right. I already knew that I was getting a phone but that didn’t take away from the excitement that I finally could use it.
Once I opened all of my other presents I began calling all of my friends and told them that I finally got my phone. My phone also had unlimited texting so it wasn’t long before I pathetically attempted to send my first text message. Although the message I sent wasn’t very long it still took me a good five minutes before I was able to get it right. After my texting skills improved a bit I began to enjoy texting everywhere I went I kept that phone with me. All the while I was exchanging messages with my friends. Even when I went out to dinner I was texting under the table. That is until my parents caught me and took my phone away from me until we left the restaurant.
My phone is an LGVX8350. It is dark blue. It is not a very good phone but it is my phone. Since I got my phone I have broken it six times. I am not going to blame it all on the phone though; I admit that a few of those breaks were my fault. I can’t really complain, At least I have a phone.
My family has been looking at different Breeds of dogs for a while now. And I think that we finally have found the right one. We went to see a litter of golden retriever puppies and there was nothing like it. They were the cutest dogs that I have ever seen. I also think that we have picked out the right dog. His name is Bailey; he was by far the biggest dog in the litter. He ways over four pounds more than the second heaviest puppy and today we get to take him home with us.
Our day started early since we had to leave our house by eight o clock in order to get to the breeders house. Naturally I didn’t mind since we were going to pick up our new puppy. The breeder lived in Monson so it was around a 40 minute drive to get there. But when we finally arrived we were greeted by an extremely cute golden retriever puppy. So after my parents chatted with the breeder for a bit we were ready to bring our puppy home.
Almost the second we started driving the poor dog started throwing up in the car. The day was off to a rough start but luckily it began to get better fast. Once we got home we brought the dog into the back yard. There we started playing with him for a while. After that we brought Bailey around the neighborhood to meet all of the neighbors. They all loved him; at the houses that already had dogs you could see the dogs getting jealous of how much attention my dog was getting.
Unfortunately I had to go to my friend’s birthday party that day so I went I few hours without seeing my new dog. Luckily the party didn’t last very long and before I knew it I was back with my puppy. It didn’t take long to notice that my dog ate a ton. He finished his dinner in around ten minutes and for the rest of the night he kept checking his dog bowl to see if anybody put some more food into it. Eventually I had to go to bed so I said good night to Bailey.
So for the question as to what is more important to me, I would have to say that it is the priceless moments that are the most important. Don’t get me wrong priced items can be great to. But I would never trade my dog for any item in the world. That doesn’t mean that you have to feel the same way. That is just my decision. It is your job to decide what matters the most to you.
I was eating my breakfast my family started to notice that I was awake. Immediately I was greeted with a good morning and a happy birthday. Personally I feel that wishing everybody a happy birthday is completely over rated; nobody cares about any of that, all that they need is the presents.
So it is no surprise that the second I finished my meal I asked my parents if I could open my presents. Luckily my birthday happened to fall on a Sunday that year so I was allowed to open my presents in the morning. So I unwrapped the present that I thought resembled the item I was looking for the most; I guessed right. I already knew that I was getting a phone but that didn’t take away from the excitement that I finally could use it.
Once I opened all of my other presents I began calling all of my friends and told them that I finally got my phone. My phone also had unlimited texting so it wasn’t long before I pathetically attempted to send my first text message. Although the message I sent wasn’t very long it still took me a good five minutes before I was able to get it right. After my texting skills improved a bit I began to enjoy texting everywhere I went I kept that phone with me. All the while I was exchanging messages with my friends. Even when I went out to dinner I was texting under the table. That is until my parents caught me and took my phone away from me until we left the restaurant.
My phone is an LGVX8350. It is dark blue. It is not a very good phone but it is my phone. Since I got my phone I have broken it six times. I am not going to blame it all on the phone though; I admit that a few of those breaks were my fault. I can’t really complain, At least I have a phone.
My family has been looking at different Breeds of dogs for a while now. And I think that we finally have found the right one. We went to see a litter of golden retriever puppies and there was nothing like it. They were the cutest dogs that I have ever seen. I also think that we have picked out the right dog. His name is Bailey; he was by far the biggest dog in the litter. He ways over four pounds more than the second heaviest puppy and today we get to take him home with us.
Our day started early since we had to leave our house by eight o clock in order to get to the breeders house. Naturally I didn’t mind since we were going to pick up our new puppy. The breeder lived in Monson so it was around a 40 minute drive to get there. But when we finally arrived we were greeted by an extremely cute golden retriever puppy. So after my parents chatted with the breeder for a bit we were ready to bring our puppy home.
Almost the second we started driving the poor dog started throwing up in the car. The day was off to a rough start but luckily it began to get better fast. Once we got home we brought the dog into the back yard. There we started playing with him for a while. After that we brought Bailey around the neighborhood to meet all of the neighbors. They all loved him; at the houses that already had dogs you could see the dogs getting jealous of how much attention my dog was getting.
Unfortunately I had to go to my friend’s birthday party that day so I went I few hours without seeing my new dog. Luckily the party didn’t last very long and before I knew it I was back with my puppy. It didn’t take long to notice that my dog ate a ton. He finished his dinner in around ten minutes and for the rest of the night he kept checking his dog bowl to see if anybody put some more food into it. Eventually I had to go to bed so I said good night to Bailey.
So for the question as to what is more important to me, I would have to say that it is the priceless moments that are the most important. Don’t get me wrong priced items can be great to. But I would never trade my dog for any item in the world. That doesn’t mean that you have to feel the same way. That is just my decision. It is your job to decide what matters the most to you.
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