I was reading through my new April 2011 issue for National Geographic Kids Magazine when I stumbled across page seven. It told me that lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, and many other different types of cats were disappearing at an alarming rate! I knew I had to do something about it. I decided to help save cats from extinction on causeanuproar.org. I read about how I could help; by spreading the word, expressing it on t-shirts and so on.
I also found one that I did. Anyone can do this with their parents' permission; send a letter to National Geographic on why they should protect the cats (specifically lions) and why they are important to you. You can also send drawings of lions and cats. If you are interested in doing so, go to kids.nationalgeographic.com/letters-big-cats.
I did this by asking my parents, who signed a form you must mail with your letter to National Geographic, wrote my letter (which can be up to two-hundred fifty words maximum), drew a small picture at the bottom, signed it, and put it in an envelope. My dad is going to stamp it and drop it off at the post office sometime later to next week. I am now currently scanning my magazines for other interactive things to help the world, or just for fun!
-Dominique
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Pointless watchamacallits that you probably don't care about.
If you read a previous post of mine, I play Animal Jam, which is a virtual animal world by National Geographic Kids (much better than Club Penguin in my opinion!) that is very fun and entertaining, but also educates the subject of animals, habitats, and the environment. There is an optional paid membership (it makes little difference, unlike Club Penguin, where more than half the game is P2P ((Pay 2 Play)); you just can't get more than two animals, extra dens, and some clothes) in which my parents let me get. If you pay for the six month membership like I did, you get a six month free subscription to National Geographic Kids Magazine. I've been waiting a month or two, and finally, my April and May issues have come in the mail today!
I was obsessing over them. I even almost squealed when I found a very small tear on the back cover of my May issue. And by very small, I mean minuscule. Not even an inch long. I was very, very obsessive over it when I realized each issue has at least one code for Animal Jam that, if you type it in on the game when you log in, you get 1,000 gems or over. In this way, I got 3,000 gems in less than five minutes! I then spent it all on the new restaurant den and some den furniture/items.
My sister has a Club Penguin membership. She prefers it over AJ, which I am very sad about. I do not get why, especially because she practically forgot about Club Penguin when I first showed her AJ. I guess the money you pay is the game you play.
As I enjoy my new magazines and Animal Jam, I guess this is a farewell until my next post. Goodbye!
-Dominique
I was obsessing over them. I even almost squealed when I found a very small tear on the back cover of my May issue. And by very small, I mean minuscule. Not even an inch long. I was very, very obsessive over it when I realized each issue has at least one code for Animal Jam that, if you type it in on the game when you log in, you get 1,000 gems or over. In this way, I got 3,000 gems in less than five minutes! I then spent it all on the new restaurant den and some den furniture/items.
My sister has a Club Penguin membership. She prefers it over AJ, which I am very sad about. I do not get why, especially because she practically forgot about Club Penguin when I first showed her AJ. I guess the money you pay is the game you play.
As I enjoy my new magazines and Animal Jam, I guess this is a farewell until my next post. Goodbye!
-Dominique
Finally a Tumblr!
Finally, I created a Tumblr to upload my pictures. I'm very into photography, I find it interesting and I way to express life in such a way you can't find anything bad about it; even in the simplest pictures that may not mean anything at all.
Surprisingly, I usually only take the pictures with my phone or one of my parents' phones (G1 or MyTouch). I use picplz, Vignette, and the default camera tool for MyTouch to edit my pictures quickly. I don't usually add heavy effects, just things like Russian Toy Camera and Cross-Process.
I hope you enjoy my Tumblr. Stick around!
Rock it acoustic.
So far, the only things of done today that was interesting was take a hot shower, re-paint my nails out of boredom, rock out on my acoustic guitar, and now, blog.
I've been growing more attached to my guitar by the minute. I've learned all the major chords, most of the minor chords, and I'm going to go on to more complicated chords later on. I have no guitar teacher, so I practice songs I like at home and read through a how-to "Ultimate Beginners Guide" by myself. The beginners guide confused me after I reached halfway through.
My brother, who sits at a desk next to mine, gave me a look when I got up and started to rock out to Bad Romance by Lady Gaga--on acoustic guitar. I did the same to Pretty Girl Rock by Keri Hilson, Break Your Heart by Taio Cruz, Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus, Yellow Submarine by the Beatles, and so on, so forth. He finally sang Grenade by Bruno Mars while I played the chords, too, once he gave up on silencing me.
When I first played guitar for a talent show in my grade last year, people gave me looks and gapes as if I had a wart on my face. "You play guitar?" was the top question asked to me throughout the day.
At one point of the summer last year, my guitar's strings screwed up and sounded like a dying walrus. I had to live without it for quite a while until my cousins came this month and fixed it. I couldn't thank them enough.
Once the guitar was fixed, I began playing it daily like I did before. The reason why I'm so attached to this guitar is because I practically got on my knees to beg and plead to my parents every other day, no matter what day it was, for a guitar. Once I got one last June, I couldn't stop playing it. It was surprisingly fun, entertaining, kills time, and my dream since I was like, what? 5?
I'm planning to finally post a decent cover to my family's YouTube channel of me playing guitar, probably to Bad Romance, as I can't get the song out of my head at the time and it was the most fun to play so far.
Two more months until the release of House of Anubis Season 2. :)
-Dominique
I've been growing more attached to my guitar by the minute. I've learned all the major chords, most of the minor chords, and I'm going to go on to more complicated chords later on. I have no guitar teacher, so I practice songs I like at home and read through a how-to "Ultimate Beginners Guide" by myself. The beginners guide confused me after I reached halfway through.
My brother, who sits at a desk next to mine, gave me a look when I got up and started to rock out to Bad Romance by Lady Gaga--on acoustic guitar. I did the same to Pretty Girl Rock by Keri Hilson, Break Your Heart by Taio Cruz, Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus, Yellow Submarine by the Beatles, and so on, so forth. He finally sang Grenade by Bruno Mars while I played the chords, too, once he gave up on silencing me.
When I first played guitar for a talent show in my grade last year, people gave me looks and gapes as if I had a wart on my face. "You play guitar?" was the top question asked to me throughout the day.
At one point of the summer last year, my guitar's strings screwed up and sounded like a dying walrus. I had to live without it for quite a while until my cousins came this month and fixed it. I couldn't thank them enough.
Once the guitar was fixed, I began playing it daily like I did before. The reason why I'm so attached to this guitar is because I practically got on my knees to beg and plead to my parents every other day, no matter what day it was, for a guitar. Once I got one last June, I couldn't stop playing it. It was surprisingly fun, entertaining, kills time, and my dream since I was like, what? 5?
I'm planning to finally post a decent cover to my family's YouTube channel of me playing guitar, probably to Bad Romance, as I can't get the song out of my head at the time and it was the most fun to play so far.
Two more months until the release of House of Anubis Season 2. :)
-Dominique
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