Math Team

Well, today the Eighth Street Math Team went to Valdosta State University to compete in a Math Tournament with other teams in the region. It was me and three other girls against twenty other teams. Our team got top five out of twenty, and one of our teamates got fourth out of 80 other 8th graders.

Pool Time!

Well, the pool is know officially opened. I have taken my swim and confirmed it ready. With a little more cleaning, if will look brand new and ready for anything Summer throws at it.

Ten things starting with T

This is in response to Jennifer's play along post.

1. Treats
2. Trebuchets
3. Travelling
4. Tater Tots
5. Trees
6. Tops
7. Troposphere
8. Two-story house
9. Tom and Jerry
10. Temperatures that are cold

I am requesting another letter.

Philosophical Genius

Boredom

What is Boredom? Is it a feeling, a chance, a distraction? It is all those, and so much more.

When you are bored, you have nothing to do. This is Boredom's first meaning, as an absence. An absence of things to do. Most people only this meaning, but there is so much more to it. Boredom is not only an absence of things, but a thing itself. This is Boredom's second meaning. It is a time that occurs after one thing is ended and another begins. It is a recurring thing, something marked by spaces on your calender. It is a difference between doing something and not doing anything.

Most people think of Boredom as something bad. It's connatation is usually negative, but is being bored truly bad? No, being bored is what influences people. Boredom is a motivation. It causes geniuses to think, architects to build, and painters to create. Where would we be if the Wright brothers were busy painting the house instead of being bored and causing them to think and dream? Or if Henry Ford was growing a garden? We would be taking days and wasting time just to get across the state. Boredom provides people with time to think, wonder, and create with their minds and motivates them to put their ideas to work.

However, sometimes Boredom can be bad, but not the way people think of it. Most people see Boredom as a symbol of laziness or slack. No, that is not why Boredom is bad. Boredom is bad because of it's motivation, ironically. Along with being creative, it can also be destructive, and not only to the one person but to many others, also. Boredom can drive a man crazy, to the point where he destroys himself. Or it can drive a man to do something dangerous and even deadly, just to take up time.

So in all, Boredom is much more than what was thought. Boredom is way more than a feeling, it is a time, a creative and destructive motivation, and an absence.

Hi

Hey, this is my first post on my new blog. Everyone in the family has one... You know how it goes. So I was bored, and decided to write some stuff and wanted to let the whole family see, so that's why I decided to get a blog. Well, anyway, I guess I'll introduce myself even though ya'll should know who I am. My name is Jedidiah, part of the Seaman- Cattell family, I'm 14 (Yes!) years old, love reading, writing stories, animals, and my neices and nephew. I grew up surrounded by girls with only a few guys to keep me sane. Have five other siblings, one who died when I was young. They are, by age, Jennifer, David, Helen, Matthew, me, then Timothy (he was the one who died.) Because Timothy left, I am still the youngest and I didn't have a younger brother to mold and shape to my liking. So, instead, Igot two little neices, Madeline and Isabella.The only problem is, they're girls. No shaping possible. Then later, I got two more surprises, neices number 3 and 4, Estella and Amelia. Again, all I had were girls and no boys at all. Then in 2006, I got a wonderful gift. By this time I was tired of girls, so it was great when little Nathan came along. Finally a boy to play with! And since I was older, I could influence him more. Then last year, I recieved more news. Two more children on the way! I could not believe what I heard. I all ready had five neices and nephew, and now two more! I was excited all the way up until they were born, that's when I found out what they were. You guessed it, they were girls. Gretchen and Samantha. I was upset and depressed at the fact that I now had more girls in my life. But that changed right when I saw them. I looked at their faces and there was no way I could be mad. They were just to cute! So now I have 6 neices and poor Nathan. I still hope for more nephews, and I'm sure Nathan does too. So that's a look at immediate family. My aunt's and uncles follow pretty much the same pattern on my mom's side. I have two aunts, Carol and Susan, and one uncle, Jim. Aunt Carol has one son, Corey. Aunt Susie has two children, Travis and Sarah. All three are grown adults now. Uncle Jimmy has three children; Allyson 19, Tabitha 17, and Caitlin 8. I also have other cousins on my mom's side. There are two girl cousins my age, Merinda and Baleigh, Carson and Taylor, their little brothers respectively, three girls cousins who live in Missouri, and other numerous generation cousins.On my dad's side I only know of Uncle George. He has children but we never see them. Then I have the grandparents, Jim and Hazel Cattell. They are on mom's side. On dad's side, it was Lawrence and Mildred, but I never knew them. Jim and Hazel are still alive. Finally we come to the in-laws. There is James, married to Jennifer, Ryan married to Helen, and Eileen, married to David. By the way, Madeline and Bella are Jen's and James's; Estella, Amelia, and Gretchen are Dave's and Eileen's; and Nathan and Samantha are Helen's and Ryan's. Continuing, there is also Momma V and Papa Rich. They are Helen's in-laws but I call them that because when I was little, I heard Helen call them that, and the names stuck. So that's a look at my family.