Hey kiddos! R.G. here. I just returned from the Shakespeare cast par tay! It was a ton O fun. We watched recordings of our performances and ate cookies N stuff. After a while someone (I'm not quite sure who) started playing with a golf ball and some other people ( i can't quite say...) got a little annoyed. :P . Well anyways, afterwards we all signed shirts and hung around for a bit. By the time I got home, I felt like I had lost my purpose in life (well not really), SHAKESPEARE CAMP WAS OVER! But I have more to look forward to. Tonight, the summer musical (100% Chance of Rain) is being performed by K-6th graders, and I am part of the orchestra that is doing the music for it. You all really should try to come, it's a free show, and the acting talent displayed is really quite phenomenal considering the age of the actors. Hope to see you all there! (The show is at 7:30 PM, in the Main auditorium of CLC.)

Signing off,

-R.G.

P.S. - I had to get up bright and early this morning to practice with the orchestra, unlike most Shakespeare people who got to sleep in :-/

Hello Hello Helloo! Robert here, and I just finished acting in a "Midsummer Night's dream"! We had the audience bursting with laughter! First off, I want to thank Mrs. Goodling and Mrs. Jones for doing the camp this year! You are awesome! Secondly, to all you guys who helped out with sound, makeup, and costume, We owe you a lot. To the actors, you guys were amazing! We all did a great job, and it was sooo much fun.

If you are wondering what in the world I am talking about, allow me to explain.

For the past two weeks I have been taking a Shakespeare camp. Tonight was our performance. In this camp, there are two groups. 7th-9th and 10th-12th (grades). Each group performs its own play. Our group did midsummer's, and the other group did A winter's tale. It was sooo much fun! I am kinda sad that its over, but I still have the cast par tay tomorrow!

After that sporadic and tangled post, I must be leaving. My face is still covered in stage make-up (yes, mascara) and it wont come off! I have a big day tomorrow, performing with an orchestra bright and early. So see ya all around the Rumble branch!


-R.G.

P.S. - I played the part of flute, who plays Thisbe in a play within the play. Thisbe is a girl YES I wore a skirt, and a wig.

Hey all you people out there! This is my One thousandth view post! I know it sounds strange, but since I installed Google analytics into my blog (way back in May) It has been secretly telling me how many people view my blog per day, week, month, and year. Since May I have had 1000 visits! 35% of my traffic is from Google search engines (of which I am the number one listed) and 74% is from direct traffic. The rest is from Referring sites. Well anyways, If I got a thousand views in such a short time, it staggers the mind to think how many I must have got since I started!! But to get to the point, I wanted to know what you all thought of me putting up a PUBLIC hit counter, so everyone can see it. Whaddya think?


In other news, Shakespeare camp is coming along nicely. I had lots of fun today, and afterwards went running and walked to McDonald's . We got free drinks and were going to walk through the drive-through in car formation, but we didn't have any money and the girls with us didn't want to because they thought someone would recognize them or somthin :-/ . Well anyways, make sure you post a comment about the question mentioned above!!! =D

Signing off,

R.G.

P.S.- Look through the music list and see if you can pick out any new songs :)

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Lame, old, regular smartcar.

The Smorsche!

The Smamborghini!

The Smaudi A3 AWD!

The Smorvette!

The Smerrari!

Hey! I got some info for all you mangos out there!

In Shakespeare camp I got the part of Francis Flute. Since I dont have time to tell you a lot about him, I'll just paste in a short summary i wrote of him.



Francis Flute is your pretty average down-to-earth type of guy. He's got some good friends, a job, a home, and overall, life is pretty good (though in his mind it could be better). Often a time you can find him doing the most unwanted and unsavory jobs. Even though he isnt the brightest candle on the mango shrub, deep down he's got a heart of platinum. So naturally he will do anything his friends ask of him (after a few feeble excuses, of course)(which is ALSO why he gets the role of the leading female in Quince, snug, snout, bottom, and starveling's play for the nobility of Athens). Flute appears in many scenes, and being the quiet type of guy that he is, he generally doesnt say much. But he every time he appears, he adds color and flavor to the scene portrayed.

Well thats all folks! I gotta go now! cya round the mango shrub!

-R.G.


P.S.- For one part in my role, I have to wear a dress, a wig, talk in a squeaky voice, and do a bunch of other humilating things. I'm so good natured, arent I? bahahahaha.

Hey folks! Robert here. I just got back from Shakespeare camp, and boy was it fun! It runs from Monday (today) everyday until Friday (not this week, but next). At the same time, I am doubling and doing some trumpet playing (I got a new trumpet by the way! will have a separate post about that later ;) ) for a little kids musical, 100% chance of rain. Well anyways, we got there at 9:00 am and Mrs. Jones (one of the people in charge) talked to us for a bit. Next we did some mime practices and such until it was time for me to go to trumpet. A few other friends and i raced off to band. We got there and practiced for a while until noon. We then left back to Shakespeare camp and ate lunch, ran around crazily outside, and played gravel, all before we sat down and did some testing of the different parts to "A midsummer's night dream". I played several parts, and had lots of fun. I headed home around 3:00 pm and ate a triple Decker sandwich :-/ . Well that's about all i have to post for now, cya round the mango shrub!

-R.G.

P.S - I ALSO climbed Old rag mountain yesterday! Another post about that will be coming soon!

Hey folks! R.G. here! not a lot has been goin on since the wind down of the contest. I've been just layin round the house really, not much to do. But this Saturday I will hopefully be goin over to a friend's house, so there's some possible fun. But the highlight of this month is fast approaching. SHAKESPEAR CAMP! Two full weeks of pure drama await me, starting monday. But it actually turns out that the ninth graders, me included, have will be doing the middle school play, midsummer's night dream, or something like that. At the same time the elementary kiddos will be doin a musical (this has nothing to do with the camp) and Since I am a trumpet player, my services are required for the musical part! This will interfere with my camping of course, but I'm trusting in God that this is all part of his plan.

Well that's all. Just another update on my boring life. Hope you guys are havin a Rockin Talkin smashingly fun summer!

Over and out,

-R.G.

P.S.- Oh and Robomaster, Could you tune down on these single sentence posts? When I post, i like to make it worth while :) .

P.P.S- And in case you want to check out MY quiz, you can take it here! http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/an1TvXG/How-good-of-a-friend-are-you

Check out my quiz here! Kudos to RG for giving me the idea to make one!

Guys check out this amazing incident that happened to me! I'm too lazy to write it again so head over to my blog, its in the newest post!!

Hey folks! Happy Independence day! Two-hundred and forty-three years ago, 13 small colonies became one nation. A war for Independence in sued, and the world's largest super power, Great Britain, was defeated by the small continental army. Unlike most blog posts on important days, this one is goin to be short N sweet. No long oratories on great men, or perilous adventures. I just want to leave you with one thought today: The day the colonies gained a country, a Civilization lost its Nation. What is this Civilization? Native America. Imagine this, One day a group of strangers show up on your shores. You welcome them to your land and help them get established. Soon, more and more of these men are settling in the land. After a while they declare Independence from wherever they came from, and say that your home is THEIR country! The nerve! Next more strangers appear, and start shooting people! Then before you can say "Chickasaw" everybody is having a war over YOUR land! Is it a mouse between two cats to be fought over? Anyways, time goes on and the original settlers win. They call themselves "Americans", but they come from over the sea! After a time has passed, the begin pushing west, Shoving you off your land and spreading wild stories about savages scalping people, when all you
did was try to defend Your land! Pretty soon your people are disappearing, being moved to reservations, then moved again when something valuable is discovered there.

Of course you all know the rest of the story, manifest destiny, blah blah blah. But this fourth of July, when you think about the people who gained Independence, remember the ones who lost their liberty.



As always,

-R.G.

Hey folks! R.G. here! Due to a influx of nominations (more than expected) I am cutting off the nomination time to end today! In other words, VOTING STARTS NOW!!

Here is our list of competitors!

1. School-Swimming-Music = Nate

2. Penguins are cool

3. Life N Jeans ( no link needed! your already here!)

4. Chillin with Vader

5. Joshy Boy's blog

6. World Of Ellipses

7. Under The Highlights

8. Metal Gearz

9. Bridgette Photography

10. Ravens wings

11. Over the summer

12. Kirstin Rose Photography

13. Kristen Leigh Photograph

14. Just me - Allie

15. One Way Up

16. Live Laugh Love

And Guys, Because of the overly large amount of sites entered in this competition, Im gonna need you guys to get anyone you can to vote. I dont care if its your sister's friend's mother's brother's uncle's son's daughter's pet hamster, get them to vote! We have way to many websites, and way to little voters.


Well, that's all for now. See ya round the mango shrub!

-R.G.

P.S. - Unlike other times, this competition will be decided by Poll, not by number of comments. You can vote at http://vote-blog-a-thon.blogspot.com