My Alaskan Cruise 2009 Part 3:Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising)

Hi everyone! Thanks for coming back and reading part 3 of The Alaskan Cruise. My next stop after Skagway is Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska, but all we do is stand outside on the ship and look at a big wall of ice, so after I spent an hour or so looking at ice, I went to the ping-pong table and made some new friends. We played for a little bit before I went to the buffet to eat with my family. After eating, my cousins and I went back to our rooms to change into our swimsuits.

The pool there is awesome because since the ship is moving, we get waves in the pool. It was funny watching my uncle swim with my cousins clinging to him. It must have been hard for him since the waves were big. After swimming for a while, my step-dad, Joseph, called me out of the pool because there were whales out in the water. When I got to the window, all I saw was water splashing, I didn't see any part of the whale. My aunt, Kimberly, recorded the whole thing, but when we played it, we didn't even see the water splashing. After the whales were gone, we went back to the pool to swim. My uncle was still pulling my cousins around. When we were done swimming, we went over to the ice cream stand to get some ice cream. It was delicious! One of the things I like about a cruise is the free food.

When we were done with our ice cream, we went back to our staterooms to take a shower and get ready for dinner. On a cruise ship, everyone gets a specific time, place, and table for dinner. Our dinner time just happens to be the first one of the day, so we have to get ready early if we want to eat anything. If we do miss our dinner, we could go to the 24 hour buffet. One of the things I hate about a cruise, is the formal nights. during those nights, we have to dress up for dinner. If we don't, then we can't eat unless we go to the buffet, but I can live with that. Even though I hate the formal nights, I would still rather have every day a formal night as long as I don't have to see my mom. I could do anything I want on the ship because I can't go anywhere but stay on the ship, so my mom doesn't care.

After dinner, all I did was hang out, so that's all I did during my 3rd day on my Alaskan Cruise. I hope you liked it. Please come back and read about my next stop in Ketchikan, Alaska, next week. Until then, see ya!

My Alaskan Cruise 2009 Part 2:Skagway, Alaska

Hi everyone! Thanks for coming back and reading part 2 of The Alaskan Cruise. My next stop after Juneau is Skagway, Alaska. This is where I went on a train ride to see all of the amazing places. I think it was 3 hours long, but before we got onto the train, we headed into town to check out the place because we might not get enough time after the train ride. When we got into town, we saw a police woman standing by a train. When we got closer, we saw that the train was derailed. Luckily, no one was injured. The police woman said her job was to direct people away from the train. Since the train was stuck between the town and the road, she had to lead us towards a safer route to get in and out of town. Once we got into the town, we walked for a half hour, then went back towards the train. When we got to the derailed train, we saw another train pulling the derailed train out of the way. When they were done, we went and boarded our train. Through out the train ride, my cousins were playing and running all over the place. I feel sorry for my 3 year old cousin, Joshua. He was running with his sisters and hit his tooth on something hard. he chipped his tooth and started crying. My grandparents were on the train to as well as my great aunt. It was so funny watching them sleep through out the train ride. We called it the $500 Senior Sleepover. My mom got so mad because she paid so much for them to be on the train just to fall asleep. I don't remember this train ride that well because it wasn't that much fun because the funniest moment spent on the train was watching my grandparents sleep. Since I don't want to bore you to death, I will just end my story now. I hope you liked it. Please come back and read about my next stop in Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska (Scenic Cruising), next week. Until then, see ya!

My Alaskan Cruise 2009 Part 1:Juneau, Alaska

Before I begin my story, I would like to say,"TODAY'S MY 15TH BIRTHDAY!" Thank you! I hope you like my story.

During the week of August 15th, my family and I went on a cruise in Alaska. We went from Seattle, Washington to Juneau, Alaska. We spent our time by going on a bus ride to see a salmon hatchery and the glaciers. It was so cool, we saw a wall of ice. On our way back to the cruise, our bus driver was telling us stories. One of the stories was about his first tour group. When they were leaving the salmon hatchery, he remembered he didn't do a head count at the beginning of the tour, so he asked everybody if they had everybody in their party like 5 or 6 times and they all said yes, so he started the car and left. He was half way back to the cruise, when he gets a call from the hatchery and they told him he left a lady behind, so he turned around and drove back to get her. On his way back, he felt so depressed and sorry that he was trying to think of a way to apologize, but when he gets there, the lady used every, I mean every swear word in the book. When she was finished, she stomped right up to the very back of the bus, and guess who she sat next to. HER HUSBAND. He was telling her the whole way back that he "tried" to stop the bus, but nobody listened. When they finally get to the cruise, the bus driver tried to apologize again, but the lady walked right past him. Guess who came out of the bus last. HER HUSBAND. When he got off the bus, he had the most mischievous smile on his face. He went right up to the bus driver and said, "Thank you for the best 30 minutes of my life". Then he gave him $20 and walked off. The other stories he told us, I will save for next time, so I hope you liked it. Please come back and read about my next stop in Skagway, Alaska, next week. Until then, see ya!

Statement Of Purpose

The topics I plan to write about are stuff that happens in real life, like my life in school or at home. I also plan on writing a fantasy, comedy, or a life that will never happen to me, like in books or movies. This way I can improve my summarizing and creativity skills. I think one of the reasons why I chose these topics is because of the books I read. I always wanted a life where I find true love, or find that I'm different and have special talents or magic powers. Another reason is because I'm always watching anime, so that's why I think of comedy. A lot of the anime I watch is either love, comedy, magic, or all of them. I just think it would be totally awesome if my life was like that. I mean who doesn't want magic powers.

I never actually thought about getting a blog to improve my writing. I always thought the only way to improve my writing was to read more or pay attention during class. I also didn't think about a blog because I'm not the type to get a blog, talk to my friends online, or go out all the time. My life is boring and it is the total opposite of what happens in the books I read. I'm also the type of person who doesn't go to dances, or goes but doesn't dance. The reason I don't dance is because I don't know how to dance. I don't want to make a fool out of myself. Darn it! I'm going off topic. I usually do this when I have nothing else to talk about. Any way, one reason why I hope this blog would improve my writing is because I don't want to go off track every time I write something. During summer school, I always went off track in my writing, but I still got an A in that class. Shoot, I'm going off track again. Sorry about that, any way, I also hope to improve my writing so I can graduate high school and head to a good college. I also need strait A's to learn how to drive so, this blog better help or I'm never getting my permit, or worse, my license. I at least need to get all A's or B's to keep my phone. Another topic I want to write about is what's on my mind. A lot of people usually just choose something they were thinking about and write, so I'm going to try it. I also hope to write about my trips to Florida and Alaska this past summer. I have a lot of funny stories from my cruise in Alaska, like a salmon hitting a jet, or how everyone in my family was making fun of my mom about her shopping all the time. It was a trip I will never forget. I'm probably going to fail this assignment because I always went off topic, but I might be able to edit it out if it is more than 400 words. Any way, like I said, I hope this blog will improve my writing.