Irena Sendler VS Al Gore

Did you read my title? Well that is what this blog is about.

Irena Sendler was a Christian who lived in the time of WWII. Her father was a doctor, and always told her to help anyone in need, no matter their religion, social status, or nationality. Irena's father died of typhus. (He caught it from a Jewish patient.) 

Irena disguised herself has a infection control nurse and went into the ghetto at least three times a day to try and persuade parents to letting her smuggle their children out using false identities. Sendler carefully recorded each child's Jewish name, Polish name, and address on scraps of tissue paper. She would hide  the records in glass jars to be buried so after the war, the birth parents could find their children.

Despite her nurse's disguise, her expertly forged ghetto transit papers and meticulous skill at smuggling children out in toolboxes, suitcases, old sewer pages, and even coffins, but Sendler was caught. She was arrested and tortured for three months in Pawiak Prison, having her legs and feet broken. She was to be executed, but before it was carried out, Zegota (Polish underground) had spies bribe a guard to help the badly injured Sendler escape. Amazingly she still worked in the Polish underground.

After the war, Irena was shunned into obscurity.

No one knew about Irena until four Kansas City students found about her. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, but the schmuck Al Gore, won it. He gave a freaking PowerPoint presentation on how he "saved the Earth of global warming." Yeah right! Irena saved 2500 children! She was tortured, and went into hiding so they wouldn't come find her after she had escaped! Not many people have that kind of courage. 

So what do you think?

IRENA or Al Gore

I pick Irena. I hate Al Gore.

Irena died in May of 2008, at the age of 98.

-Splash

Puppies and Triathlons?

Yesterday we visited the Animal Shelter. We found a dog we really liked. It was a Rat Terrier. It was so adorable. We said we'd go back after we thought about it, but the day ran out and they closed. So we might go back Monday. My parents are still thinking about it. I really want that dog. If we can't save all of them, then why can't we just save one? My big dog, Hildy, loves small dogs and I think she would like this dog. I would take this dog on walks, because it can't yank my arm out. I'd also clean up Hildy and the dog's poop. Yuck, but I would do it. My brother could feed them and give them water. I'd love to take Hildy on walks, but she is so strong! I really would take responsibilities because it makes me feel better on the inside. Hildy would love a playmate and this dog is so cute. It's not yappy or hyper, it's just perfect for us. I really think we should get this dog. 

Next, is my triathlon which is in exactly one week! AHH! Yesterday I went biking with my swim coach, and we did like seven miles? Then we ran a half mile. It was really fun. This is what I have to do:

Swim 200 meters

Bike 4 miles

Run 1.2 miles

I'll sleep well that night! Haha. Today is the PAWW banquet, so I have to get ready at like 1:00. Anyway, thanks for reading and have a nice Sunday.

Splash

Running around

Track 5 days in a row!! AHH! Practice Monday, meet Tuesday-Thursday, and another practice yesterday! Lemme tell you how I did.

Tuesday: 800 meters. Gained time, but couldn't feel my toes because it was so cold.

Wednesday: 4x200 and 4x400. I felt like I was going so fast! And I think I was :).

Thursday: 1600, 800, 4x400. My coach took me out of the 800. 1600 I gained time but I always have to do the race twice before I really know how I should do it.

So there are my results. I have to say I did pretty good overall. I love running. It's so fun!! What kind of sports do you do? I love SWIMMING and I really like RUNNING. Today after swim practice I am going bike riding with swim coach and then I am training for a triathlon which is next Sunday, if I am not mistaken. I am excited. I love my swim coach!! :D

Soooo, that's what has been going on lately. Nothing really. Just the normal weekdays. But I AM happy to say this! Only 26 more school days until SUMMER!! YES! Well, ttfn.

Splashton

Unfair

It's so unfair and stupid. How's this going to help us? Here's what I'm talking about. I used to swim with the higher group, gold, once a week, but that was before it got crowded. Now me and some of my friends can't do that anymore. I was hoping to swim with them over spring break, but nope can't do that either. The practices that we are doing in my group aren't helping us either. We do about 1,600 yards a practice, while gold is doing 12,000 yards a day. We get a "break" from swimming over spring break. YEAH RIGHT! How the CRAP is this going to help us?! Seriously. I'm so mad! My stroke is already nice and smooth, and I need the yards! How are we supposed to get good times? Gold is swimming 12,000 yards a day while we are all sitting on our butts! I'm so sick of laziness, and being unfair. All the kids in gold are whining about how they are sore, while all we can say is, "We are sitting on our butts all day doing nothing. Sounds fun hmm?" GOSH I'M SO SICK OF IT! Can you actually think of the outcome this will bring us?! If we are only doing 1,600 yards a day, and we go to a meet and swim long distance, how do YOU think we'll do? I just love PAWW >:O

-Splash

Track meets

On Wednesday I had a track meet, and I ran the 800 and the 4x100 relay. I did good in both of them!! I love the 800 so much!!!!!!!! Yesterday I ran the 1600 and the 4x400 relay. I was so exhausted after my 1600! I would rather do the 800. The 4x400 relay went really good. I was really tired though. But I have another meet on Monday, and I am so ready! My coach said that I was probably one of the ONLY fifth graders that could run that fast in the mile. It was really fun I have to admit. Running and swimming are like the same. I would rather do the 500 free, over the 1000, but I would still do it. I would rather run the 800 over the mile, but I would still do it. So can you tell something out of the distance that I run/swim? Yeah you got it. I hate sprints :P! Surprising. Everyone loves sprints. Not me. Too short. BLAH! Anyways, a lot of my friends run. It's a blast. Track is really gonna help me with swimming too. I can already feel it in my legs hahaha. I'm jamming out to my iPod right now. Hmm, that was random. So I am pretty pumped for Monday. I REALLY want to run the 800. REALLY BAD! Thanks for reading. I'll blog in tomorrow about something....

Splash

SHOOT!

Oh dang. I feel SO bad. I jumped right out of bed when I realized I missed it. My heart stopped. I MISSED MY ANNIVERSARY OF THE BLOG! Hmph. Well, at least April Fool's Day is tomorrow! Do you know the prank's you're gonna pull? I HAVE NO IDEA! I'm gonna look up some good pranks on Google. Leave a comment, telling me what prank you did, and how it turned out. I always love a good laugh! Also, tomorrow is my first track meet. YIKES! I'm running the 4x100 meter relay and the 800 meter. AHHH! Haha. Just kidding. I'm not scared. Well maybe a little. Oh and another thing! I decided to stop writing the story "Those Old Old Days". I want to make a romantic mystery novel. Kind of like Twilight. It's called, "The Follower". My plot is pretty good, if I must say so myself. I'm really into this book, this time, so when I DO finish it, I'll put a copy on here or something. Oh yeah and one more thing. Here is a site to help you with your April Fool's pranks:

www.funnypracticaljokes.com/funny-pranks.php

Also this is a really good prank. Switch all the cereal bags in a different box, so when your family goes to pour their cereal, they get all mixed up! Thanks for reading and I'm really sorry!

Good luck on your pranks,

Splash

So many birthdays!

Happy early Birthday Noah!!!!

Happy late Birthday Madi!!
Happy Birthday Aylissa!

This blog is a birthday-blog for all my friends who have birthdays in March. Each picture will be for a certain friend.

The picture on the left is for Aylissa. Happy birthday!

The picture on the right is for Madison. Happy late birthday!  Happy late birthday girl!!!

The second picture in the center is for Madi. Happy late birthday!

The first picture in the center is for Noah. Happy early birthday!

Happy birthday to all of you guys, and I will talk to you later!

-Splash

Science Experiment

First things first. I decided to change things up a bit. Second thing is today is my friend's birthday, her name is Aylissa, so that picture is dedicated to her. I'm here!! Today I have to my first trial of my science experiment. I am seeing which candle lasts longer. A scented or a non-scented. My hypothesis is scented (Yes, most people think non-scented but I wanted to be different and take a chance). My testable question is: Do scented candles last longer than non-scented candles? I have to watch them burn for like 3 hours, but they are tea lights so they won't last for a very long time. I'm starting in about a half an hour. I'm not getting into real details like I did for my steps when you had to write them down at school, but I will give you the basics.

Step 1- Put the candles in the same environment, a little bit away from each other.

Step 2- Have someone light the candles at the EXACT same time, while you start the stopwatch.

Step 3- Once one candle has gone out, mark down the time but DO NOT stop the stopwatch.

Step 4- After the second candle has gone out, stop the stopwatch and mark the time.

Step 5- Make sure you put which candle lasted longer.

Step 6- You're finished!

So that is pretty much what I will be doing. Oh and one last thing. HAPPY SPRING!!! It's finally here! Ahh, hardly no more cold weather! Happy weekend everyone! Thanks for reading!

Happy Birthday Aylissa,

Spashton

Track

Yola it's Splash! I'm doing track this year! It's fun! I hurt my ankle though. Not in track. Before track. So I have to wear this brace thing. It doesn't affect my swimming, so no worries there. I also am NOT missing any swim practices for track. Except maybe for a few meets. My legs are pretty sore, since I'm outta shape. On Monday, I couldn't run since my ankle hurt so bad. When we got the brace, I could run and it didn't hurt! Ahh. What sports do you do?? Track will help me with swimming. YAY! It will make my legs stronger. Oh yeah I totally forgot. An update on JO's!

Our relays did pretty good. Not as good as I wanted. But one of the girls just got over pneumonia. On my individual event, I did good also. I had goggles full of water, and I was right on my best time! Isn't that awesome? One more part. This is dedicated to a few friends.

Bowchicawowow Thats what my baby says!

Mow wow wow  And my heart starts pumping

Chicachicatuop Never gonna stop!

Getchigetchigoo Means that I love you!

(Sorry that is really hard to spell.)

Thanks for reading!

-Splashton

JO's.... TOMORROW?!

Yup, if you saw my title, it's tomorrow! JO'S IS TOMORROW!!!!!!! I'm so excited! I'm leaving tomorrow since I'm not swimming in the Friday session, (Yes, sad but at least I made it to this meet!) but I am swimming Saturday and Sunday. Saturday I'm swimming one relay, and the rest of the day is just go around the city! It's gonna be so much fun. The next day is my other relay, and the 500 freestyle. I can't wait! This is going to be fun!! My friends Jordan, Mya, and Kate are on my relay. My other friend, Miranda, isn't because she isn't in our age group. Some of my other friends, Jared and Noah, are going too. For those that are reading this, and you're not going but you are still my friend, you guys know who you are. Well, you guys still did spectacular this season! The short-course season ends after State, and then it's time for LONG-COURSE!!!! Anyways, just wanted to give you an update. I will be blogging while at State, because like always, I'm bringing my computer! Gotta go study for a social studies test. Blah! Thanks for reading!

Over and Out!

Splash

The last day of the A-meet

Sorry I didn't tell you yesterday. I'm a forgetter and that's what I do :). Anyways, I did totally AWESOME yesterday!!!! In my 200 free, I didn't get the JO (Yes I know, very sad) but I did drop 2 seconds!!!! I got 3rd, so I got a flower! OH YEAH! In my 100 back I dropped a second and placed 7th! YAY! In my 100 free I dropped a second, but that wasn't fast enough to get on the podium. The girls I raced are like twice my size! NOT KIDDING! They are huge! I'm not that small either. Here were my times:

200 free- 2:12.64

100 back-1:12

100 free-1:02

I did really good! I'm so happy!! Oh yeah, on Wednesday, we are meditating. For JO's. During practice. Hmph. I'll live with it. I won't let it ruin the JO spirit. It's not THAT bad, but it would be totally fine if we did AFTER or BEFORE practice. Eh, it's not terrible. Well, it's time to get ready for bed! Toodles everyone!

:),

Splashton

A-meet!

The A-Meet was yesterday, today, and tomorrow! So far I have done quite well! I dropped time in my 2 events yesterday, 200 back and 400 IM, and today I was right on my best times! I placed in both of my events yesterday, 5th and 3rd. I got a flower!!!! It was really fun last night. Today was fun too! I will be sure to tell you how I do tomorrow. I also want to tell you about my blog's anniversary! It's coming up! I am going to have a totally, wicked, blog on my anniversary. Anyway back to the A-Meet. Tomorrow my first event is the 200 free, and I'm going for the JO! I know I can get it. I think I am also swimming the 100 free and 100 back, but not positive. The pool we are swimming at is really awesome! I've never been to it before, so this is my first meet at it. It's very fast too. The only down part is that we have to dive off towels because the blocks are too slippery. We could get hurt if we slipped. I understand. I would also like to ask you to check out my youtube.com channel at:

www.youtube.com/swimminginchlorine

More videos coming soon!

Anyhow, I should probably go eat some dinner. Watch tomorrow for my next blog! 

-Splash

The rest of my results

I got one best time last Sunday! 50 fly, I dropped a second. I was right on my best time in my 200 free. Oh well, I didn't drop. That's okay! I'll do better next time! Anyway, tomorrow is going to be a fun day! My 2 friends play basketball and I don't. They always say I should come to one of their games, so this time, I AM! I'm going with my other 2 friends that don't play b-ball either. It's going to be fun! I have to rush from the pool to my school to see their first game, then I am going to hang out with them and wait for the second game. Hope they do well! I'm very bored right now, and I think I'm going to catch up on my zzzz's. Hehe. Oh I should also tell you, my friends and I are FINGER-KNITTING the American Flag!! It's really awesome. We have to do the blue square and some more stars, finish sewing all the stripes together, and we're done! We started last week! We are fast. There is 8 of us though. I will put a picture on my blog when we finish it. I am thinking we will finish it Thursday or Friday. I think I'm gonna go play Cube World with my brother. Talk to you lata!!!!

-Splashton!

Shark Meet!

Well right now the morning session is swimming in the Shark Meet. I'm in the afternoon. Yesterday I got a best time in my 100 free, and we got out JO in the 400 freestyle relay!!!!! WOO HOO! I didn't get best times in everything, but that's okay, because I just had 100% best times at Indy, which was 2 weeks ago. You can't get best times at every meet. Today I am swimming my big race, the 200 free! I'm really excited about that. The pool is really fast, and short. The blocks are weird though. They are super low. But they still make me have a fast dive!!!! I hated warm-ups though. I hope they spread us out a little more,  but that probably won't happen. I'm not even kidding about this. We had at least 30 kids in our lane. NOT KIDDING, NOT EXAGGERATING! 30-45 kids in our lane! It was so crowded. And this one girl from Gold 2 was being really mean. I'm a lot faster and she wouldn't let me go ahead. Don't tell anyone but I turned around with in front of her and it worked! I got ahead. But she kept scratching my feet so I just kicked her. Haha. That's what we swimmers do. Anyway, I'll blog again tonight after I'm done swimming. Toodles!

-Splash