The Hunger Games Tributes

The song is called "We Can Make the World Stop". Total instrumental, so don't bother waiting for the lyrics to start. :P  Good video. Listen to the whole song. It gets better at the end. I heard this song at LazerQuest. :D

The Hunger Games is/are awesome.

Upcoming Campout!!! The Falcon Campout

This weekend, I'm going camping to the Falcon Campsite.  It was supposed to be two weeks ago, but a snowstorm decided not. :P THis is a prep for Camporee, which is a regional competition for scout stuff in general.  My patrol totally pwned our prep at the meeting.  There's this new Falcon patrol in the troop.  DUDE THEY'RE SUPER HYPUR ACTIV AND NOOBIE. In one meeting, they broke out fighting and kicking each other EIGHTEEN TIMES. THis other annoying dude keeps rummaging through other patrols' gear and helping himself to equipment.
  I decided to build a sugarcane and rope fence around my patrol's campsite to keep out anyone looking for "extra stuff".  Their patrol leaders don't do much of a job controlling them either. :-(.  I'm going to tell my patrol members to bring gloves to the campout. A post about it later. :-)

Aviation MB Museum Tour

I went and visited a WWII Aircraft museum today.  Pretty cool.  THe whole thing took about 4 hours, and we were walking around the whole time.We started getting tired though, and most of us were dying by the time we got to the fifth hangar. :P  We viewed a bunch of fighters and bombers and other cool planes. On the way there, I was forced to ride with Big Dude, and listen to his monologue about what he likes to draw, eat, and throw.  Then, on the way back, I was forced to listen to Little Dude's non-observations.  For example:
Him: A cow!  :DDDD
Me: A farm. -.-
Him: Orange flowers! :DDDD
Me: A planter. -.-
:-|
Yea. Still fun though. :-) G2gs now bye!

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Dude the most exciting thing that happened to me all week was that I ate grilled cheese today. :P :D

So much for security

I am sooo gonna try this!

I use these during nerf all the time

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sorry it's so small.  Original version here.  Some bad words. Hilarious though.

Debate Class

Is anyone taking it? I like debate, but I never really considered it important.  Well, until yesterday.  Remember I'm a Patrol Leader?  You see, my troop has Patrol Leader Councils every month or so.  We make decisions and vote on what happens to the troop.  Now, even farther back.
There's alot of flashback in this, so brown stands for past events, and this is present.


 My SPL is in the Panda Patrol. Have I mentioned them yet? Honestly, their patrol is my least favorite patrol.  They swear and make inappropriate jokes.  All the time.  THere was this on campout where they swore so much in front of new scouts, (and no one reported them) (and I wasn't there) (and parents  started calling after the campout) that 1 of the patrol members was "demoted" a rank.  Well, he didn't pass his Board of Review.  Also, the people in the patrol are about the same (except for this one really awesome dude).  They "encourage" and permit bad behavior in their own patrol.  Bad quality control is a problem for them as well. They once used a sheath knife to stir their dinner. 

Ok. Back to the future present.  Our SPL is very unhappy with his patrol.  He isn't that much like them, but he doesn't try to stop them.  Hmmm.  Anyways, (this is my opinion), at the last PLC,  he suggested that the Pandas be disbanded.  This idea was quickly shot down by one of the adults (without a vote). This made him start thinking of some new ideas to get himself a new patrol. 

There's a camp called NYLT.  National Youth Leadership Training. Each attendant gets a COMPLETELY new patrol to work with. 

Mr SPL decided that he could use that to get a new Patrol System. At the council, he decided that we were going to scramble patrols every year.  We still needed to vote on it though.  Here's the points of the debate.

Pros (for mixing patrols)
-New experience
-New scouts get new patrols
-Duty Rosters and PLC will enforce the mix
-People will learn to work with enemies.

Cons (mostly mine. :D)
-confusion over patrols
-most people know the entire troop.
-Broken patrol relations
-people will feel attached to their first patrol
-Less equipment care.
-some people have problems no matter who they work with.
- there'll be a constant struggle to train patrol
-no patrol pride
-like switching names. :-(

Anyways, it was a really close vote.  A lot of people were on the fence about it.  It was a really intense discussion, partly because there was a potential big change, and partly because I was shooting down reasons faster than he could put them up.  In the end, we voted not to split the patrols on a 8 to 5 margin.  (Did I use that right)  It was still way too close for me.  Ohz Wells.  SPL said he would bring it up again later(even though we already voted it down) (I bet he's just reloading).

Is there an organization that's important to you? A club or afterschool meeting?  If it really matters to you, you should matter to it.  :D  It's good to have influence on events that will effect you.  In my opinion, that vote was way too important to leave to the rest of the PLC.  :-)  Although your club might not be "boy lead",  it's good to have a grip on the future. 

All's well that ends well.

Hi everybody

Arrgg.  My next campout got postponed because of hail.  In California. My troop just upgraded it's gear! :D  We have new supply boxes and tents!  I have a substancial patrol now.  During a Patrol Leader Council meeting, an adult asked if any patrol leaders could say their patrols were the best, and I was the only person who raised my hand. :-|








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