This time, I promise to start posting again!

hello everybody, if you're wondering why i am not using caps or most punctuation, its because i am posting this from my nintendo 3DS. i am excited because i can now use my 3ds as a little laptop and when i want to play a game, i can just pop in a game card and then away i go. so to all who still care, this is the beginning to a longer round of blog posts. thank you to anyone who still cares and still watches for new posts

Hey Everybody, I'm Back!

Hi everybody it's Nate and I am posting to tell you that I am back and ready to blog! I'm sorry, but after I finished my website I just kind of had a whole lot more going on, and didn't have time to blog. But now I have more time than ever so I think that you will be hear about this a lot more. Oh, and if you check my blog in December, then you might see pictures of a hamster that I will be getting around that time. My websites URL is here at: https://sites.google.com/site/orotomocondorsvultures/. I am also creating a website on a different site creator called Angelfire, and it will be about small animals. Like Ferrets (which are my personal favorite), hamsters, rabbits, and chinchillas. I will also be creating a forum for fans of my websites and/or my blog. Thank you for your time in viewing this post

ATTENTION

If you are wondering, I have not been posting anything in a while because I have made a website. You will find it at sites.google.com/site/orotomocondorsvultures/. I hope that you will visit it sometime. Thank you for your attention.



Please leave a comment on what you think I should blog about next!

Quick Facts About the Rocky Mountains

Hey everybody, today I will be talking about the Rocky Mountains. I actually had a choice to talk about Osama bin Laden's death or the Rocky Mountains. I chose the Rocky Mountains because most of my viewers probably wouldn't agree with my opinions. Also, don't get me wrong, his death was a good thing.


The Rocky Mountains extend over 3,000 miles of land from New Mexico to Canada and even into Alaska.

The Rocky Mountains form the Continental Divide, separating waters from the Atlantic and Arctic oceans from the Pacific Ocean.

The highest peak of the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Elbert, is in Colorado and is 14,431 ft high.


The Rockies are usually divided into five sections, the Southern Rockies, Middle Rockies, Northern Rockies, the Rocky Mountain system of Canada, and Brooks Range in Alaska.


The Wyoming Basin is sometimes considered a sixth section.




Well, there you go, here are five facts for you

Bartimaeus Nathaniel Post One

Hey everybody, today I will be talking about Nathaniel's role in my book since I last posted.

Since i last left off, Nathaniel got his official name, John Mandrake. Three days later, he went to a conference at Parliament and saw a kid with an elemental sphere (Elemental Sphere: A sphere of magical power that contains all four elements, earth, water, fire, and wind.) that exploded and damaged some, but not many people. He tried to summon Bartimaeus, but he was captured and was in the tower of London, where many demons are stored to be interrogated. He was caught spying on his master and was going to be punished until Simon Lovelace showed up. Bartimaeus came back at the same time that Simon showed up. Simon then found the Amulet of Samarkand in Underwood's study and burned the house to the ground. Nathaniel got out alive with Bartimaeus and currently are in a library.


Well, that is Nathaniel's part in the story so far. I hope you enjoyed this post and that you will read the book someday, farewell.

Bartimaeus: The Amulet of Samarkand Part Three

Hey everybody, today I will be blogging on Bartimaeus again. I have read more of Nathaniel's story and more of Nathaniel's story. Here is the summary of Nathaniel's part that I read.


                            The next chapter I will tell you about tells about the time when Simon Lovelace first met Nathaniel. Nathaniel was outside in the garden with Ms. Lutyens, his art teacher, when Mrs. Underwood came bursting out of the door telling him that Mr. Underwood wants to show him to other magicians. So Nathaniel ran through the house and walked through the door to Mr. Underwood. Mr. Underwood showed him to an old person that didn't say his name, a very clammy person that didn't say his name, and Simon Lovelace. Lovelace asked Nathaniel some questions which he answered correctly, which led to Simon calling him stupid. Nathaniel called him a sore loser, so Simon shouted a command and Nathaniel was being held back by demons under Simon's control. Nathaniel ran out of the room once Simon let go of him. He went up the stairs and into Underwood's study. He grabbed a glass box filled with demon mites and a hammer. He said Simon's name, smashed the box open, and the mites attacked Simon, the clammy man, and the old person. Once that happened, he ran into the schoolroom where Ms. Lutyens was waiting. Then, Simon opened the door and summoned his imp. The imp picked up Nathaniel and beat him until he was unconscious.

In the next chapter it tells about what Nathaniel did after that, which I will tell you in 2-3 sentences.


Nathaniel summoned and captured an imp which he uses to spy on people. He then used his imp to spy on Lovelace. He found out how he is going to get Simon back, by summoning Bartimaeus and stealing the Amulet of Samarkand.

I haven't read much on Bartimaeus so you can read about that in my next post, farewell.

Bartimaeus Post 2

Hey everybody, today I will be posting the second blog post for Bartimaeus. All that I have read since my last post is more things about Nathaniel. I have read about Nathaniel's teachers and what they teach him. He has three teachers, one for his basic learning skills like geometry, other languages, math, and all of those other kills that we would learn in school. Then he had a teacher for drawing and a teacher for music. Both of which are useful to a magician. They need music to all or calm down certain types of demons. Drawing can be used for a number of things, like summoning, certain types of spells, and a lot of other things.


I hope that you have enjoyed this post and that you will read the book yourself someday, farewell.

Bartimaeus: The Amulet of Samarkand

Hey everybody, today I will be talking about the book called Bartimaeus: The Amulet of Samarkand.


The setting takes place in London, England. Bartimaeus is a magical being called a djinn, and there are more djinni then just him. So far I have read chapters 1-8 of the book. What's interesting about this book is that it switches between the characters Bartimaeus and Nathaniel throughout the chapters. So far Bartimaeus's storyline has been this.

             Bartimaeus was summoned by Nathaniel and was told to steal the magical artifact called The Amulet of Samarkand from Simon Lovelace, a very well-known magician, and bring it to Nathaniel. Bartimaeus snuck into Lovelace's mansion and stole the amulet. But as he tried to get out, he ran into two other djinni, Jabor and Farqual, that were summoned by Simon Lovelace. When he got out, Bartimaeus changed into a bird and flew away from the mansion. Then, he got tired and changed into the form of a boy and hid among the crowd. After that, these kids started chasing after Bartimaeus until finally he shook them off, or so he thought. Bartimaeus then almost went to sleep in an alleyway, until the kids that were chasing after him caught him. Bartimaeus changed into an alligator and got them away from him. Then, he changed into a fox and hid in a trash can until the night police showed up and took away the kids.

This has been Nathaniel's story so far.



           Nathaniel's first chapters tells about an experience with demons when he was only six years old. His master, Arther Underwood told him to go into his study and put on some glasses that were in a metal box. So, he went down into his study and then pencils started flying out of a cup on his master's desk. This scared him so he instantly found the glasses and put them on. He saw a lot of small demons standing still until the noticed that he had the glasses on. Then, they tackled him. The next chapters of Nataniel's story tell about how he came to Underwood. His parents saw an advertisement somewhere that said if you give in your child to a magician to become their apprentice, they will pay you. So Nathaniel's parents dropped him off, got their money, and left. Nathaniel was told to forget about his past and his name. Nathaniel's master's wife, Martha, told him that he could share his name with her. At the point where I stopped reading, Martha was being very kind to Nathaniel, and Underwood didn't like that.

That's is the story so far, I hope you enjoyed this blog post and that you will read the book sometime, farewell.

Report on Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Hey everybody, I finished the book called Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH yesterday, and today I will be posting about it.
                                                                         Long  Summary

Mrs. Frisby's son, Timothy, got pneumonia one day. Mrs. Frisby went to see Mr. Ages, another mouse that was a doctor. Mr. Ages gave Mrs. Frisby some medicine to give Timothy. Mrs. Frisby gave Timothy the medicine, but Timothy still couldn't do much. Mrs. Frisby saved a crow named Jeremy that helped took her to a very wise owl so she could ask him what to do about Timothy, as he would be killed by a Mr. Fittsgibbon's (Farmer) plow when it came to plow the field. The owl told her to ask the Rats of NIMH if they could move her house. Mrs. Frisby went to the rats and was denied entrance to their colony because she was a stranger to them. Mr. Ages helped her get in as he was friends with the rats. Mrs. Frisby met Nicodemus, the leader of the rat colony. Nicodemus told Mrs. Frisby the rat's background story, and also told her how Mr. Firsby, Mrs. Frisby's husband, died. Nicodemus said that they would move her house if she could put sleeping powder into Dragon's food bowl. Dragon is the Fittsgibbon's fierce cat. Mrs. Frisby put the sleeping powder in Dragon's food bowl, and then got caught by the Fittsgibbon's youngest son, Billy. Justin, on of the rats from NIMH got her out of the bird cage that she was put in. Mrs. Frisby's house was moved behind a big stone in the Fittsgibbon's field, so it wouldn't get hit by the plow when it came by. The rats moved from their original home to Thorn Valley because of a plan that the rats had.

                                                         The Rats of NIMH's Plan

                   The Plan was to stop stealing from other people. So what they did was they took some seeds and food that would last them feed them for eighteen months from Mr. Fittsgibbon. So they then moved to Thorn Valley and planted their own crops. That was the Rats on NIMH's Plan.

The Addax Antelope

Hey everybody, today I will be talking about the addax.

The addax is an endangered species of antelope. There are less than 1,000 addax left in the wild. The addax are desert creatures that travel at night in search of vegetation. They don't need very much water, the only water they get is a few drops from plants. Its average length is 5 ft. long, and its average shoulder height is about 3 ft. high. There are more than 1,000 addax in captivity, and about 600 addax have been born in captive breeding programs. Doesn't that surprise you though? The fact that there are more addax antelope in captivity than there are in the wild! Well, I should probably let you get back to whatever you were doing. I'll see you next time.

If you want to see a live addax antelope then go to this website : http://www.earthsendangered.com/video.asp?cID=1

Gold

Hey everybody, today I will be talking about gold. Gold is a very valuable metal that was originally worthless. In this post I will tell you a little bit about gold.

Here are six facts about gold.

     Gold's chemical symbol is Au, which comes from the Latin word for gold, aurum.

     Gold has been found on every continent on Earth.

     Gold is so pliable that it can be made into sewing thread.

     Gold can conduct heat and electricity.

     Gold can never rust.

     Gold is edible.

Here is some information on that last fact just in case you were confused.

 Some Asian countries actually put gold in tea, coffee, fruit and jelly snacks. Ever since the 1500's, Europeans have been putting gold leaf in liquors. Some African American tribes actually thought that eating gold could make you levitate, or float in mid-air.

I actually own a little bit of real gold, I got it from panning for gold when I went to South Dakota.

Here are some True or False questions that I would like you to answer in your comments.


1. People used to think that gold could make you float.

2. Gold can easily rust.

3. Gold radiates heat.

4. Gold was only found in the continents of North American, South America, Asia, and Europe.

5. Gold's chemical symbol comes from an American term.

Please answer these true or false questions in a comment. On the last day of April in 2011, I will tell you the answers to these questions.

The Canadian Pacer Horse Part One

This breed of horse comes from a cross between the Canadian Horse and the Narragansett Pacer. The Canadian and Narragansett horses were sent to this land in the 1600's, but the breeds were crossed in the late 1700's and the early 1800's. The French brought the two horses that made the Canadian Pacer. The Canadian Pacer was quite tall as it is about 14.3 adult human hands tall. I actually rode on a Canadian Pacer when I went on vacation with my family to South Dakota. I will tell you more on part two of these posts. I hope that you learned something today and enjoyed this post. I bid you farewell.

Mrs.Firsby and the Rats of NIMH

             Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH is a good book in my opinion. So far I have read 9 out of the 27 chapters. Mrs. Frisby's Children are named Timothy, Martin, Teresa, and Cynthia.

First, Mrs. Frisby found a a tree stump filled with enough food to feed her and her family for the rest of the winter. So she brought back as much as she could carry by herself, and then went back to her cement
block house. Then, she woke up her children so they could eat corn for their breakfast. After that, Timothy caught pneumonia. So Mrs. Frisby went to see another mouse named Dr. Ages. When she got to him he told her that had Timothy gotten pneumonia. Dr. Ages then gave her some medicine for Timothy. So Mrs. Frisby raced back to her house. On her way there she found a crow named  Jeremy stuck to a fence. So she helped him out as quickly as she could so that the cat, Dragon, wouldn't see them.
When she got back to her house, Mrs. Frisby gave Timothy his medicine.

Now Moving Day was close. Mrs. Frisby didn't know what to do because Timothy still couldn't walk yet. So she asked Jeremy, the crow, for help. He said that he would bring Mrs. Frisby to a very wise owl so that she may ask him her question. So at dusk, Jeremy picked up Mrs. Frisby and flew to the owl. When she got there, she asked him how to solve her problem. He said that she should ask the rats that lived in the big rosebuch in Mr. Fittzgibbon's yard. Mr. Fittzgibbon is the person who owns the farm where Mrs. Frisby and her children live at. So she went there, and she found the biggest rat that she had ever seen guarding a very complex hole. That is as far as I have gotten in the book. I hope that you have enjoyed this post. I also hope that you will read this book someday as it is a good book to me. Farewell.

The Lost Colony of Roanoke Island

Hey everybody, today I will be blogging about The Lost Colony. Everybody knows why this colony got the name "The Lost Colony". But nobody knows why or how they got lost. There are some theories that I will share with you later.

The Story

The English sent a hundred some people to North America. They then established a colony at Roanoke Island. Then the people complained that there weren't enough things to go around. So the governor, John White, set sail back to England to get some more supplies. He didn't get back for another three years! And when he did come back, everyone was gone. All that he found was the word "CROATOAN" carved into a tree. Croatoan was the name of a nearby Native American village, and he feared the worst.

Theories

Theory #1. They were all killed by a disease.

This theory almost can't be true because there were no bodies found at the colony's town. Although this might be true, it is very unlikely even though the English did bring over many diseases to America.

Theory #2. They were all killed by a horrible hurricane.

This is another theory that almost can't be true because even though there weren't any bodies, and the houses were destroyed, the fence they built around their town was still standing tall. A hurricane that destroys a small town should be able to destroy a fence.

Final theory. The Native Americans killed all of them.

This is the most likely theory of all of them because about 5 years ago the English tried to make a colony at Roanoke Island and made the Croatoans mad. So when the English made their second colony, the Native Americans probably just got angry with them too.

I hope that you learned something today and that I will see you next time. Orotomo is gone

Springtime Event Story

Hay people I told you in about five minutes. Well I am going to give you a small page of a story I wrote.

 So I went to Gamestop and I spotted a very peculiar cage right in front of the store. There was a man next to it making sure nothing was going to happen. Since he was the only one around, I went and talked to him. "Hey, what's inside of the cage?" I ask him.
"The pokemon Zekrom. This happens every year at this time." And since I believe things like that I didn't argue.
Zekrom then looked at me with a very sad face, so when the people around his cage and the people around Reshiram's cage were distracted, I freed them both. On my way home they followed me/ And when I got to the door, Mom said...

                                         More shall be posted.

Lake Erie Facts

Hey everybody I am going to tell you 4 facts about Lake Erie. So here they are.

         1. Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes.

         2. Lake Erie is the fourth of the Great Lakes.

         3. Four states and one Canadian province touch Lake Erie's borders.

         4. The Niagra River connects Lake Erie with Lake Ontario.

Well those were my facts people, I hope that you learned something today and I will see you in about 5 minutes.

Pokemon Black & White

Hey there everybody, today I'm going to talk about two games that are coming out on March sixth. These two games are, Pokemon Black (Black) and Pokemon White(White). I am getting Pokemon White the day that it comes out. The reason that I am getting White and not Black is because White has some pokemon that Black doesn't have, and vice versa. (i.e. White has Zekrom and Black has Reshiram) There is a picture of Zekrom above this paragraph. These games are exploring a whole new region to the Pokemon series called Isshu. There are going to be over 150 new pokemon. I believe the exact number was 167 new pokemon. There will also be a Wi-fi event to get the very first Fire-Psychic type pokemon, Victini. Well that is all for now. I will post more about this game as I play through it when I get it. Also, there is a picture of Reshiram underneath this paragraph.

Rosie the Riveter (Bioshock Big Daddy)

Now everybody, I know that a friend of mine, Tanner, has already used this video, but I will still use it because this was how the big daddy, Rosie was named. Rosie uses a Rivet Gun as a weapon, which is really just a really big nail gun that fires giant nails. Rosie is a big daddy, so it has what is called a little sister These little girls lok very greenand pale when you first find them, and they are kind of creepy as they also carry very big needles. By the way, save them when you can because if you save enough of them it gives you more "Adam" then it does when killing them. This song was inspired by the Rosie the Riviter Propaganda that was used to get women to get jobs in the 1960's.  Oh and I should of said this before, but this is actually the starting post of some BioShock posts. Well enjoy the song and I hope to see you next time where I will be blogging about the big sisters.

Advertisement for Phosphor

Hey everybody, today I am advertising an FPS game called Phosphor. It is a game that takes no download and is free. There are only four weapons, the pulse gun, the rocket launcher, the machine gun, and the sniper rifle. There is only one map that you can play on, but it is still a really great game. The website's URL is www.rasterwerks.com. I hope that I will see you next time. John, is out.

Blood Beast

This is the book in the Demonata series where Grubbs actually turns into the werewolf. This is also the fifth book in the series. Juni Swan comes back from the cast of Slawter, a movie made by the famous director, Davida Haym. She wanted to make a movie where people actually died on set because they were killed by demons. But enough about Slawter, this is about Blood Beast. Well, anyways, Grubbs has a big party, and then Grubbs, his friend Loch, and his brother Bill-E went out searching for Lord Sheftree's lost treasure. They came upon a cave which you would know from the book BEC if you have read that one. So they dug quite a lot, and then they found some big rocks that they could only one could be pulled out a day. Well, later that night Grubbs partially turned into a werewolf, went back to the cave, and pulled a whole bunch of rocks out. The next morning they got all of the rocks out. Then they went deeper into the cave and Bill-e fell off of a ledge... You will have to find out the rest when you read the book if you even do.