I'm getting a pool!

Guess what. I'm getting a pool. It's 7:30 pm right now and it should be coming any minute from now. it is twelve feet in diameter and three feet tall. My siblings are screaming. That probably means it's here.
Last night, I announced my magic trick. I did a quickly did it and my brother got his second wind. His name is Ezra and he's four. He started dancing and announced, "Ladies and Gamcholen! I wanna kiss yo lips!" One day, he heard my sister say that and he's been saying that ever since. It can be funny and annoying at times. My brother's fun.
Anyway, today I had school and it was normal. I did an interactive notebook. That means instead of writing notes, you get to cut and paste printed paper into your notebook and follow along with the teacher. My History teacher is probably the best and most hard-working teacher that I've ever had. She goes above the curriculum and does extra stuff and uses her breaks to make it easier for us. Her name is Sister Fife. We call her "Sister" because I go to a private Christian school. She made a bingo where we fill out the squares with stuff that she might say during the lecture. If you get a BINGO, you get the answer on a test or a quiz when we have any. She's fun. I created my own Zoom meeting with a few of my friends and cousins that I know from everywhere. I only have a few people that I invited.
Oh. I almost forgot, here's one  random chapter from my book. I'm gonna use a random number picker outer.

Chapter 18: Capturing the Majestic Wang Bird

This the closest I'll get to what I had in mind

As Massey and Kade walked home, Kade spotted a purple bird
sitting on a bench. It had metallic blue wings. Kade looked at
Massey and whispered, “Let’s catch us a bird.” Massey nodded
and they started to creep forward to it. The bird turned its head
and shot up into the sky with gas coming from its rear end. It
was very loud and it left green flames protruding from its
behind. Kade said, “It sounds like a motorbike.” Massey
sprinted towards the bench. Kade noticed words where the bird
was perched before. It read, “Nice try. Close, but no cigar.
(not that I would give you any even if I smoked) If you catch
me, you get a self making Slurpee machine. Wild cherry and
Blue Razz-berry flavored, too. Unlimited supply. That is, if you
let me loose when you catch me. You may call me The Wang
Bird.” Massey grinned at Kade and said, “I know what we’re
gonna do today.” Kade chuckled and said, “He’ll get what he
asked for, with a cherry on top.” Massey and Kade ran to the
bug catching store. Massey nabbed a big net the size of a
basketball and a pair of bird-watching binoculars. He left with
Kade. When they got outside, Massey spotted a perfect spot on
the roof to look for the bird. He remembered that he should get
walkie talkies so that they could communicate better. 
He turned to walk back, when Kade stopped him and asked,
“Massey, where are you going?” Massey stopped and said,
“Well, I was thinking that we should…” Kade held up a finger
and said, “I have some right here.” He pulled two walkie talkies
out of his sling backpack. Massey chuckled and said, “You
read my mind.” Massey grabbed a walkie talkie and saluted
Kade as he began to climb onto the roof. Massey lay down,
sprawled on the roof, scouting for the Wang bird, he had called
it.       He heard Kade on the radio saying, “Massey, the bird has
landed. I see it near the 7-11! He… left.” Massey saw the bird
explode into the air. He saw it land on the Harbor Freight. He
was reminded of the animals and asked, “Hey Kade. Where are
the dogs? We haven’t seen them for a while now.” He heard
static on the radio and then, “Hi Massey, I let the pets loose as
soon as we started to live in the tree house. I thought that we
would forget to feed them, and we did.” Massey said, “That’s
OK. It was for the greater good.”      Massey suddenly
remembered to tell Kade, “Kade! The Wang Bird has landed on
the roof of Harbor Freight. I am on the roof next to it I might
need backup.”      Kade said into the radio, “I’m on it. Good
luck, Sergeant.” Massey nodded and put the radio away. Massey
hopped silently from roof to roof. He smiled as he remembered
his brother. Massey had asked him what he wanted to be when
he grew up. Jacob had told him that he wanted to be the
president’s bodyguard  so that he could leap from roof to roof.
He whispered to himself, “Jacob, I’m leaping roof to roof and
I’m not even the president’s bodyguard.” He looked up to find
himself face to face with the Wang Bird. He was reaching for
his net when it struck him that it was in reaching distance. He
grabbed its legs and flipped it upside down. The Wang Bird let
itself get caught. It cocked its head and stared at him with one
eye., “I applaud you, human. You will find the Slurpee machine
plugged into the socket in your tree house. I will tell you the
knowledge that you will find useful. In the bottom of this 150
foot deep island, there is an invisible force field that will keep
you trapped at the bottom, perhaps until you die of starvation.
Do not fear because there is a way out.  There is a cone shaped
device that controls the force field on the under and outside. It
is hidden in a house with a scaly creature abiding in a hole in
the ground, near two schools.” Kade came up behind him and
said, “Sergeant, the only house that I can think of is your house.
The creature that has scales is…”  “Aggus,” Massey finished.
Aggus was Massey’s tortoise that lives in a burrow in his
backyard. Massey hopped off of the roof. Luckily, there was an
open garbage can to catch him. He muttered something beyond
human comprehension and ran home; Kade tailing him. They
ran to their dads and Massey said, Dad, stop digging.

There is an invisible force field under the town. Our only hope is
to find a cone-shaped silver device that controls the entire green
force field. I think it is in our house. We need to go, now.”
Massey’s dad hopped out of the hole. He looked frustrated,
“Argh! I can’t believe that it was all for nothing!” Hack…
Spitooey! He spit into the hole. Everyone took turns spitting into
the hole. 

Quipizza two-p (Quiplash 2+Pizza+soup)

Today, I had regular ZOOM class. It was fine. In social studies, my teacher said that instead of doing a lesson, we would be using Jackbox.tv. Jackbox.tv is sort of like a virtual board game. We played Quiplash 2. If you don't know what that is, here's what it is. There is one screen where it show everything , like the score. You are supposed to use your own device to write your answers. You get a prompt and you are supposed to write a clever answer. After everyone answers, one of the prompts that someone got would go up and two of answers that two people said. Everyone else votes and the people who wrote them would get points according to how many votes that they got. The one with the most points at the end of the game, wins. 

For dinner, we had vegetable soup and pizza. That was my day. Here's a piece of my book:

Chapter 15: Free Dilly

The following morning, Massey woke up and decided to wake Kade up and go exploring. He had found a sugar-based glass bottle and he decided to smash it on Kade’s head like in Dude Perfect. Massey walked over and smashed it on Kade’s head. Smash! Massey dove behind Kade’s seat and watched Kade wake up. Kade stood up and looked around in surprise. He grabbed a comb and combed his hair. The comb got stuck on something pointy and Kade pulled out a piece of glass. He screamed and dropped it. Massey came behind the couch and crept behind Kade. He laid his hands on Kade’s shoulder and he screeched. Kade jumped two feet in the air and screamed. 

He turned and saw Massey on the floor, laughing. He furrowed his brow and said, “Massey! That isn’t funny!” 

Massey stifled another laugh and said, “Sorry, let’s go exploring.” 

Kade sighed and said, “Let’s go.”

Massey and Kade were riding on their bikes through town looking for exciting things to do. So far, they had only found Stanley sleeping. Kade told Massey that they should hold a race. Kade was in line next to Massey and said, “On your mark. Get Set. Go!” Massey zoomed past Kade and started to turn to the left to the correct route. He thought, “I’ve got this in the bag!” When he realized that Kade wasn’t following him.

Massey biked back to where Kade was last. He stopped when he saw Kade kneeling next to the dumpster. Massey put the kick-stand down and ran to Kade. 

“Kade! Are you okay!?” Massey asked. He neared Kade and saw he was staring up at a miniature pickle screaming and kicking inside of a hair net resting on top of a brick overhanging the rest of the bricks on the side of Firehouse Subs. Massey ran up and tried to reach the pickle. He missed it by at least a meter. 

     Massey muttered, “I always thought I was good at slam dunks.” He looked up and asked the pickle, “I can’t reach you! Do you have a name? My name is Massey and this is Kade!” 

     The pickle stopped kicking and screaming and said, “Hello Massey and Kade. Nice to eat you… I mean meet you! I would give you a name if I had one. You can call me what you think suits me.” 

     Massey grinned and said, “I think I want to call you Dillon. I can call you Dilly for short. Don’t worry, we’ll save you.” 

     Massey and Kade  split up and ran into stores to look for ladders. Massey ran to Lowes and Kade ran to Home Depot. Massey ran through the aisle and came back with nothing but a king-sized Twix candy bar to share. 

     Kade tried to come back with a big ladder that they used for reaching things, but it wouldn’t fit through the door. Massey heard a crash and ran to Home Depot to save Kade. When Massey got there, he couldn’t find anything. He saw Kade and asked, “Do you need help?” 

     Kade turned and said, “Please smash the top of the door so that we can fit the ladder.” Massey grinned and began to smash the door. 

     As Massey was smashing, he said, “Kade, you should try this. It’s satisfying and it helps with stress.” 

     Kade nodded and said, “I’ll note that in my psychiatrist notebook when I get one.” 

     Massey shrugged and said, “Okay.”

Massey finally finished and pushed the stairway over where Dilly was. Massey quickly climbed up and freed Dilly. As soon as Dilly was let out, he started to bite Massey. 

     Massey pulled him away and said, “Ow! Kade,eat him, he bit me. Goodbye Dilly.” He threw Dilly at Kade mouth and that was the last they ever saw of Dilly.

The World is your Purple Pencil

Today, I had online school. It was normal and I got to see all of my friends. I am writing a personal narrative about my trip to Sweden. I will post that as soon as I finish it. Speaking of posting documents, this is an excerpt of my story. I would love feedback.

Chapter 12: Kade’s Purple Porpoise Pencil

     

    

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The next morning, Massey woke up on a pile of crushed popcorn. They had finished watching the Hobbit that night with Stanley. Stanley enjoyed it very much. Kade and Massey both woke up at 10 o’clock that morning.  

Kade looked up and said, “Race you to the bottom of the pool.” Massey shot out of his chair and changed. After he changed, he ran out of the room and saw Kade running across the bridge. Massey jumped on the fences and jumped over Kade’s head. He bounced up and and cannonballed into the pool. Kade got his entire body soaked. Massey laughed and yelled, “Haha, in your face!” Kade glared and did a jackknife into the pool. “In YOUR face.” Kade countered.

After Massey and Kade changed, they ate breakfast and decided to explore the rest of the town. Massey had Cyclammer and the Creaver and Kade had his Foot-Cleaver. Kade ran ahead and tried on a bullet-proof vest. Massey had all of the “armor” from Wal-Mart on. Kade ran ahead and saw a monster that looked like a sumo wrestler with hippo skin. It was sitting alone with a checker board that was set up. 

     “Would you care to join me in a game of Checkers?” the thing asked. “If you win you get this pencil. It has unlimited lead and whatever you draw will come to life.” Kade nodded and said, “Prepare to lose a pencil.”

Twenty minutes later, the monster was raging at Kade. Kade quickly nabbed the pencil and sprinted alongside Massey.  

     Massey turned and said, “Was it really necessary to beat him at Checkers?” 

     Kade shook his head, “I’m sorry! I’m just too amazing!” 

     Massey yelled, “He’s coming! Kade! Draw us a protection!!!” 

     Kade grabbed the pencil and said, “Come on, this is our only hope.” Kade stopped and scribbled a rock in front of him. The monster’s eyes went wide and it tripped and flew into a tree. Clonk! The monster had been knocked out. Kade smiled and said, “I think I’m going to like my little purple pencil with a porpoise eraser. I can draw myself a new friend.” 

     “You’re not serious. Right?” Massey asked. 

     Kade shook his head, “No, I’m serious.” Kade waited for a few seconds and said, “Of course not! Why would you think that!?” They both laughed and started to walk home.

When they got home, their dads were digging in the hole, again. Massey ran over to the hole and asked, “How deep is it?” 

Massey’s dad was on a break and said, “We’ve dug about 10 feet of the ground. We’re still not sure how deep the laser dug into the ground.” Massey nodded.

After lunch, Massey went outside with Kade to hang out in the tree house and have a hatchet throwing contest. When they got into the tree house, they couldn't find the hatchets. They looked everywhere. Kade finally decided to throw the hunting knives at the cut log hanging above the entrance to the diving board and exercise room. They both stood beside each other with each a knife in hand. Kade went first. He flung the knife and stuck it in the 8-point circle. 

Massey nodded and said, “Not bad, but can you beat this?” Massey flung the knife as hard as he could and it bounced off of the wall and into the pool. Splash! Massey groaned. They made the rule that if they landed it outside of the tree house they had to jump in the pool from the diving board to get it. They had to be pushed by the competitor. Massey walked to the plank with Kade grinning and following him. He tried to brace himself, but Kade pushed him and Massey fell backwards into the pool. Splash! Massey looked up and saw Kade taking pictures with his Nikon Z6 camera.

After Massey dried off, he climbed into the tree house where Kade was looking at a video of Massey with Kaden. Massey rolled his eyes and asked, “Are we going to finish our game or not?” Kade, who was looking smug, said, “Sure, you probably want to change into swimming trunks before you throw the knife into the water again.” Massey rolled his eyes and said, “I actually should, you might splash me when you get pushed off.” Kade grinned and said, “Let’s just play and we’ll see.” Long story short, a soggy Massey lost 27-0.

Life Currently

My name is Massey Anderson and I am Twelve years old. Right now, we
are experiencing a pandemic. The park is closed, stores are closed, sports
are cancelled, and even school is closed. It may seem like the best thing and
we get to do whatever we want but, no. The school is using an app called
ZOOM cloud meetings to have school at home. Since the person reading this
is probably in the future, apps might not exist and school at home is a regular
thing. But I can’t see the future. As Yoda said, “Impossible it is to see the
future, hmm.” So the way that Zoom works is, you type in the code for the
meeting on your device with a camera and you can see everyone in your class.
You can mute yourself so that people can’t hear you and you can use the chat. 

The prophet invited everyone in the world to fast for the physical, mental, and
economical recoveryof the effects of the Corona-virus. Corona-virus,
corona-virus, corona-virus. That’s all that anyone talks about.
In January, I had an idea. I was going to write a book. I had written when I was
seven and I thought that they were awesome… at the time. The stories that I
wrote were always including people and places that I know. So I wrote my book
in that style. I named it The Ballistic Danger: a story of two best friends. It was
about my friend Kade Booker and I coming home from a father and son camp
out and discovering that the entire Las Vegas valley was going to be lifted
into the air by aliens so that they could release their enhanced animal experiments.
It was lifted and enclosed by a giant force field. The entire story is about the
adventures that we had while we tried to escape.
My friend Kade really is a good friend. He is smart,  and he likes a lot of the stuff
that I like, like reading, The Lord of the Rings, classic rock, and other stuff.  He
really is my best friend. I wouldn’t mind being stuck with him for as long as we did
in the book.

This is my little brother Ezra. 

Note to self: Macho Man by Village People is a good song