I'm now a fan of Pokemon!

WARNING: ULTRA GAMING STUFF. IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THIS KIND OF STUFF, THAT'S FINE

E3 came last month, and they released a video about a new Pokemon game and it got me interested in that series! Now, I've heard about it my whole life, but I never actually got to play the main series games. Less than a month ago, I decided to play a game that was included with my GBA emulator, Pokemon Emerald. When I played it, I was like "Where's Pikachu??" until I found out that the electric mouse's mascotness started on the TV show. It was fun, but since it was on an emulator and not a real GBA, the music sounded like a radio station that was too far away, and if you walk into certain doors it would crash, so I didn't get very far. I gave up and downloaded another game for the emulator, Pokemon FireRed. But that game had the same problems. So, I decided to get an old version of that game, Pokemon Red, on a Game Boy Color emulator. It had no big problems! It was addicting, very fun, and I downloaded a couple other of those games for the emulator. I got bored of those, so I decided to get a real cartridge from the library! It was the newest one out, Pokemon X. That was so addicting. I didn't want to bring it back! So I put more games on hold, White and SoulSilver, (I'm getting tired of saying Pokemon in the title) and during the time they were on hold, I heard the TV show was on Netflix... and now I'm watching about 5 episodes of it every day. :P I asked my Mom to help me cut back on it, and she is. The new game that was announced at E3 is on my Christmas wish list, and I can't wait 'till it comes out! Here is a picture of the games I have right now at the library.

I'm subscribed to a Youtube channel called TheJWittz, which talks about a lot of Pokemon stuff, I'm considering buying an old Pokemon cartridge on eBay, and I'm even working on a chapter book about the series! For now, it's private, but it might be posted online somewhere. Maybe on its own blog! I hope you enjoyed this post!

Odyssey Adventure Club!

Guess what? There is a new Adventures in Odyssey thing called Odyssey Adventure Club! For $15 a month, you can get a free subscription to Clubhouse Magazine, The ENTIRE Adventures in Odyssey audio library (That's 738 episodes!), a brand new episode every month, and more! When did they get so generous?!?!?! I think it's a Hulu for Odyssey! It's gonna be in January 2014, and I am gonna save up for it! I listen to the commercials every day, and I even got it memorized! (quoting the commercial "Come along for our greatest adventure yet! It's the Odyssey Adventure Club! Grow in your faith and imagination with the entire Adventures in Odyssey audio library! That's 700 episodes! 24-7 on your iPhone, tablet, or laptop! Plus, monthly activities, and more! Family time just became mobile with the Odyssey Adventure Club! Preview it now at Whitsend.org/oac!") 

My New Blog!

Check out my new blog! It's got Adventures In Odyssey reviews, and I started with FP 01 -  Whit's Visitor. Link Here.

THX and the Deep Note

If you think this blog is not so bloggy, there IS a bit of blog. In the "stuff" gadget on the sidebar, I've put a "Personal Stuff" label down below that shows all the blog on this blog. Oh where was I? the post, oh yes. Enjoy!



Do you recognize this?

If you don't, have you ever heard this sound?



Was that scary? Well a lot of people have this fear called THXphobia. This sound in the video is called the Deep Note. Read more on Wikipedia.

THX premired on Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi premire in Los Angeles. Here's what was shown.




Cool? Well THX even has a mascot. His name is Tex. He is the THX repair robot.






How about reverse?






Wasn't that just hilarius? comment your favorite part!

Animals can talk!

I love animals. Do you? Do you wanna see an animal talk human? The popular comedy TV show America's Funniest Home Videos has captured talking animals!

Loved it? what was your favorite? Mine was the cat who said "Oh Long Johnson." It was adorable and hilarios!!!!!

Wanna see a parrot who understands human and knows a lot of human sound effects? you've got it!


Hope you enjoyed the post!

Double Post 2: 01 I'm Saving Up Again! 02 Storybook Weaver

Post 01

Have you ever heard of Super Smash Bros Melee? It's a fighting/platformer all-star game that serves as a bridge from Super Smash Bros to Super Smash Bros Brawl. Here's the cover. (Don't mind the T rating, because it doesn't need that rating.)

Cool, huh? Here's the intro. (You might recognize some of these Nintendo characters in it)

Wasn;t that the grandest game intro ever? Well guess what? I'm saving up for this game, I've got 20 bucks saved up, and I'm almost done! 



Post 02

Have you ever heard of Storybook Weaver? It's this AWESOME program that lets you write stories on the computer. It has this sticker thingy that lets you put objects on your page. It also has a background selector that lets you mix and match backgrounds. For example, a Frosty Field.

Cool, huh, Well, you can get into a crazy mess with Storybook Weaver. (which is the fun part about it.) Here's some of our crazyness...

What do you think? Wasn't that funny? Storybook Weaver is fun!

I Love Winnie the Pooh!

Winnie the Pooh! He's awesome! Here is a history:

Winnie the Pooh started out as a gift to A. A. Milne's son, Christopher Robin (Comment if you are amazed)when he was born in 1920: a yellowish-brown teddy bear. Milne noticed his son's love for his teddy bear, and he wrote a book about it. the book became popular, and it was adapted into a Disney short film called Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, which was complemented with two other short films and became...


after that, Winnie the Pooh became very popular, and it even had a couple of TV shows. Here's the opening theme for one of them:
(This video seems to become the video on the post above, which is annoying.)


There was a collection of VHS tapes that was broken into four collections: (although this video has other trailers)


Disney has made many Pooh movies, such as The Tigger Movie, Piglet's Big Movie, and Pooh's Heffalump Movie.




I love Winnie the Pooh today, and I even have a stuffed animal of it!

Adventures In Odyssey!

Sorry about the delay for 2 mondays. I forgot to do it on that day, PLUS I got grounded for 4 days.

Adventures In Odyssey. Have you ever heard of it? It's a series of christian radio dramas that have gone for 25 years! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!?!?!?!?! There's this old guy called John Avery Whittaker (everyone usually calls him Mr. Whittaker or Whit) who has appeared in about 95% of the series. (he used to be in 99.9% of the series, but when his first actor, Hal Smith died, Whit went to live at the Middle East for 2 years, until the crew found Paul Herlinger, the second Whit actor (his third and current actor is Andre Stojka (STOY-ka))) and he gives really good advice.

Here's a history:

Adventures In Odyssey started when it's first cassete album and first 13 episodes were a test series called "Family Portraits."

Here's where Whit was introduced for the first time in the series.

You can listen to it while you're reading this post.

Anyway, after it got so popular, and it got it's own time slot, it chnged the name to "Odyssey USA." where the "truely first" album was made.
Shortly after, they changed the name to Adventures in Odyssey, where another "first" album was released.


Right after that, the team got some negative letters fom parents who disliked a silly police officer called Officer David Harley (due to his lack of authority). after that, the crew scanned the entire series for episodes with Harley so they could eliminate him from albums. Unexpectedly, he still appears in a few episodes that are in albums. also fortunatley, his first episode, "Lights Out At Whit's End" is being offered as a free download on Community Audio.

In 2008, to celebrate the 20th anniversery and the 50th album, they made an album called The Best Small Town. It brought back old characters such as Lucy Cunningham-Shultz and Jack Davis.

Next post: Libraries V

Toy Story Collection Replicas

Toy Story Collection is a set of toys by Thinkway Toys. They're designed to look and react exactly like the Toy Story trilogy characters. They're also designed to "come alive when you're not around" (Which is really reacting to your voice.) See Pixar Wiki for more information.

The Legend Of Zelda

Zelda used to be my favorite video game. It's an RPG. The protogainist is a swordsman named Link. He fights against monsters, and villans, such as Ganondorf. Here he is in child form.
Sometimes, he was an adult. Here he is in adult form.
He appeared in all the games. here is Link's histoy.
Oh, the title? She is a princess who appeared in most of the games. Here is the 25 anniversery orchestra.

i love the adventures of spot!

have you ever seen spot before? it's a sweet show with a dog who has lots of neiborhood freinds. it was made by king rollo films, broadcasted by PBS kids, and distributed by walt disney home video. here is the premere:




did you know that this show was originally in british? it was broadcasted on BBC!



notice that the american and british version are different and "old and new."