Last weekend, one of my favorite science fiction TV shows finally primiered it's seventh season. It's titled Doctor Who, and it's about the adventures of a time lord who is the last of his species.(He's not human) He travels through time and space in a time machine called a T.A.R.D.I.S. (It stands for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) while he repeatedly fights off aliens and defends Earth from invasion. The Doctor uses no weapons, the item you see him carrying in the picture above is a sonic screwdriver, which can open any lock, door, or seal. He narrowly escapes death in most of his episodes by outsmarting the enemy and causing their downfall. The Doctor often picks up companions along the way, (mostly female) to keep him from feeling too lonely in his solitude. Most of his companions don't survive with him for very long, some dieing, commiting suicide, or sometimes being trapped in an alternate dimension. Another element that makes the show intereseting though, is that sometimes The Doctor doesn't even survive his adventures.<pause for dramatic effect> You see, The Doctor is a Time Lord, and Time Lords have two beating hearts in their bodies. So, if a Time Lord is killed by a tradional method, such as getting shot, and one of his hearts stops, he will regenerate his entire appearance and personality, becoming an almost completely different person, keeping only his memories with him on his next adventures. This element of the show is also how they have been able to keep it running for so long. Doctor Who holds the Guinness World Record for the longest airing science fiction TV show. Doctor who has been airing on TV since TV came out, and they manage this by every now and then having the doctor die, and be played by a new actor after his regeneration. Doctor Who is an amazing show, and it airs on BBC America every saturday at 8:00pm. If you enjoy a good compex sci-fi, then I highly recommend this show to you. If you want to understand it better, I suggest going online and watching the Eleventh Hour episode, it explains a lot. I applaud your persistance if you have read this far, I hope you found this really long post worth reading.
So this week Sacha and I decided we would go and help out on the local farm. It seemed like it would be fun, feeding pigs and helping out with the horses. But unfortunatly, the only thing we ended up doing the whole time was pick up the horses' poo. UGH. We were out there in the field and throughout the stables picking up poo for two hours straight. Also, we ended up having to do that for the next three days after that. Not fun.
Hello Everyone! A few days ago my life actually got mildly interesting, So I decided to start blogging. Right now, I'm blogging from Switzerland. Its a bit difficult actually, because I have to navigate a french keyboard. But nothing I can't handle! Today is my 6th day here, and I'll be returning on the 26th. Just in time for the Olympics! This is going to be the longest time I've been away from home, so I am glad to be spending it in a place as beautiful as Switzerland. I am staying here with our family friends the Yersin family. Their family consists of Sacha, (pronounced Sasha) a guy my age, and his two parents, Fabienne and Yves Alain. (pronounced Fobyen and Eve Alan) This week has been pretty awesome. I've been to Fribourg and back twice, I've eaten cheeses and been to places that I can't even pronounce, I've played laser tag in french, watched movies in french, listened to radio in french, and of course been doing my math packet. only 221 problems to go!
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October 2013
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