Glitch-hop by Evin

Hi, my name is Evin! I would like to write about my music. I’ll start by saying that the kind of music that I make is electronic music. To be specific it is called glitch-hop. Glitch-hop is a combination of hip-hop, dubstep, and funk. I really enjoy working on songs; in fact, I spend most of my time at home working on my music. I started when I was 10. I bought a really basic music production program for my computer. At that time I was just learning how to do basic stuff, and I did not know what did what, so I just turned random knobs until I liked the sound of it. When I was 11, I found a real music production program. When I say that, I mean a music production program that somebody like Skrillex would use. Don’t believe me? I’ll show you a video introducing the FL Studio’s features. It is called FL Studio 10. It took me a while to figure out how it worked, but I did. I bought FL Studio 10 for 300 dollars when I was 12, which is the age that I am now (It took me a while to save up). Click here to go to FL Studio's Website

When I work, I have my own way of designing sounds. I do not use the common sounds that everybody uses in dubstep. Almost every dubstep producer that I find uses those sounds, and because of that, every producer sounds the same. I like to listen to music producers that have their own signature sounds and basses, like Koan Sound, a music producer that I get lots of inspiration from.

Hope you enjoyed reading my post. Check out my YouTube channel here and listen to my music

Halo Reach by Tristan

Hello my name is Tristan B., and I’m going to write about a video game called Halo Reach. Halo Reach is a first person shooter, and it can be hard at times. The objective of the game is that aliens have invaded a planet called Reach, and you are assigned to a team that is called Noble Team. I’m going to start by explaining the details on what and what not to do in Campaign mode.

First, you should not let Kat drive. Also, if you find a sniper rifle, you should pick it up and use it. Another tip is: if you have a sniper rifle, you should try to find a shotgun and change it out with your other gun. In other words, keep both the shotgun and the sniper rifle. Last, you should not try to jump off a cliff to assassinate an Elite. In conclusion, I really think you should try this game. It’s fun.

Note: This game is rated M for Mature. The contents of this game may not be appropriate for all ages. 

Call of Duty: World at War By Davion

Call of Duty: World at War is an Xbox 360 and a PS3 game. There are three modes you can play in: zombies, campaign, and multiplayer. In zombie mode, there are four players. Each player also has a good biography. The players’ names are Dempsey, Takeo, Nikolie, and  Dr. Richtofen. They have to survive together in zombie land for as many rounds as you can. My longest round is 500. It was really hard, but mods help.

You can use mods. There are choices to get certain mods. You can find one to your own liking on youtube.com. What are mods? I will tell you. Mods are helpful because they make it so you can do stuff you are not really allowed to do, like fly, have all the guns, and stuff like that. 

An Easter egg for getting a song on the zombies map called Derise is to get all the brains in a green jar glowing. Thanks for reading.

Note: This game is rated M for Mature. The contents of this game may not be appropriate for all ages.

My Crazy Cats By Jessica

Today I would like to write about cats. I have four cats, and two of them are named Charlie and Charlotte. They are both beige and brown. Charlie and Charlotte are the nicest out of the four. My other two cats are both black, and they are named Lilly and Seuss. Lilly is skittish, and Seuss is evil. Seuss is evil because she always attacks people. We found Seuss right after she was born. We found her on the road, and we thought she was a mouse, because she was all curled up and tiny. When we took her to the vet, the veterinarian said she was a cat, so we took her home.  She used to be really nice. We have changed her name a lot. For instance, she used to sleep in a hat so we named her Cat in the Hat. Then we called her Dr. Seuss, now we call her Seuss. Seuss is Charlie, Charlotte, and Lilly’s mom.

Charlie and Charlotte both sleep in hilarious positions. Charlie will lay on the heater and put his stomach on the wall. Charlotte will curl up in a ball. They love to play with ponytails that I drop on the floor. A couple years ago Seuss found a little stuffed rooster that made noise, and she carried around like her baby.

Cats are a big responsibility. You have to do so much to take care of them. Some things I do to keep my cats healthy are: make sure they have clean water at all times, play with them every day, clean their litter every day, don’t bug them or maul them, and make sure they have their space.  I love having cats, and I hope you enjoyed reading about mine too.

Blackberry Z10 By Lexie

 Released February 5^th in Canada.

BlackBerry has released a new phone called the Blackberry Z10. The Blackberry 10 looks like the iPhone, but it is much bigger. Blackberry has upgraded the App store and its camera. The App store now has 70,000 apps, and they claim they have also got 1000 of the most popular apps for smart phones. You can buy music on the app store, and you can buy or rent movies on it too. The camera is amazing from what I have seen; it has a feature where you can edit a photo if someone is blinking in the picture. 

The Blackberry 10 has a hub where you can see all your messages and notifications. Also BBM has free video chatting and calling over wireless internet. During either of those communications, you can do a screen share, which is when you and your friend can both see one of your guy’s screens. You can both control where you want to go and look through too.

The Blackberry 10 is a good phone, and probably one of the best Blackberrys.

Blackberry 10 By Dawson

The Blackberry 10 is not a very well built phone in my perspective, because when you want to find out about it the website crashes. Also it has rounded edges. If you’re old enough to have a phone, you shouldn’t need to have rounded edges on your phone. The storage space is good, but you have to keep restarting the phone. You can do still shots with the camera, but little kids are usually running around. So what about action shots? I ran around when I was little. So moms, I wouldn’t buy it if I had an active child. You can get more apps than previous Blackberry phones, but you probably have to buy almost everything. According to a reviewer in a video I watched online, the Blackberry 10 has little charging ability: you take it off the charger at 9, and it will be dead in 4 hours. What if you’re on a trip is 6 hours and you need your phone?

I personally like Android phones because you more storage space on an Android than a Blackberry first off, and on an Android you can have Facetime.

Blackberry has Blackberry Messaging and video chat, but the Blackberry 10 is thick, who wants a thick phone? It would be hard to carry places. Androids are nice and thin and easy to carry places. You can get Androids in different varieties and sizes, but Blackberry 10 you can only get in one size, and one size only, which I find not very creative. What if your friend has a Blackberry 10 and you do too? You have the same phone as your friend.

Cool Caterpillars By Kyla

I would like to talk to about caterpillars. Have you ever thought about how everything is enormous to them? Something that is enormous to caterpillars is a computer because some caterpillars are 2 inches tall and some computers are about 15 inches tall. Also, a blade of grass can even be even big to some caterpillars, just like the school is big to humans. Some caterpillars have six legs and spots on their back, and some have more legs and stripes. Caterpillars have all different coloured bodies such as green, white, black and many other colours. Caterpillars have very tiny teeth, which they use for biting and tearing leaves because they eat leaves and flowers.

The life cycle of a caterpillar is where the caterpillar starts as an egg, then the egg becomes a caterpillar then, the caterpillar forms a cocoon, where a cocoon is like a shell that is made out of the caterpillar’s saliva. The cocoon forms its around its body and hangs from a twig. If you wait a while, the caterpillar will pop out of its cocoon and become a beautiful fully grown butterfly. I think that the life cycle of a caterpillar is interesting because I think that turning from something slimy and long into something beautiful is amazing!

If I had to choose between a caterpillar or a butterfly for which life stage I like best, I would choose a caterpillar. I would choose a caterpillar because you can touch and hold one, but if you tried to hold a butterfly, it would fly away. I would also choose a caterpillar because I think a caterpillar is cuter. A caterpillar does most of work in the life cycle, which means they might be stronger too.

When you are around a caterpillar please be very careful because they are very delicate. Do not take them from their habitat, because that is how they become endangered. How would you feel if you were a caterpillar in a huge city?