Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Clippers Game 5

       The Clippers played again yesterday against the Spurs. It was close all game! When the Clippers got a good lead, the Spurs would catch up right away. It was annoying watching the Spurs foul Deandre the whole game. I don't like it because it is cheating.

       The Spurs ended up beating the Clippers by 4 points. They lost because Deandre accidentally touched the ball while it was in the cylinder. They were down by one at that time, and they could have won the game if they didn't call the offensive interference. The Spurs got lucky and won the game. I hope that the Clippers don't lose game 6, since it is in a win-or-go-home situation.

Monday, April 27, 2015

Clippers Game

       The Clippers played against the Spurs yesterday. The Clippers really needed the win because the Spurs beat them twice and the Clippers only beat them once. The Clippers were doing good the whole game. The Clippers ended up beating the Spurs by 9 points. Now the series is tied, and I am looking forward to game 5 because it is at the Clippers home!

The Dodgers

       The Dodgers are still doing great this season. The Dodgers are first in the NL West with an 11-7 record. I thought that the Dodgers wouldn't be as good this year, since Matt Kemp was traded, but they are doing great! They were second in the NL West, not too long ago. They passed the Rockies to go to first not too long ago.

Birthday Present

       For my birthday present, I got a couple video games. The video games that I got were Halo 2 and Counter Strike. These video games are so old, it doesn't even say XBOX 360 on the cover. It only says XBOX, because it came out when the original XBOX was still popular. The video games are awesome and I think it is great how those video games are compatible with the XBOX 360!

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Clippers and Spurs Game 2

       The NBA Playoffs are crazy this year! All the first round match ups except for the Clippers and Spurs are 2-0. The Clippers and Spurs game yesterday was an awesome game! I didn't like the ending, but it was still a great game. Blake Griffin and Tim Duncan were on fire and being really aggressive.

       The Spurs were fouling Deandre Jordan on purpose in the 4th quarter. They did that because Jordan struggles at the free throw line. Jordan couldn't make any free throws. Even Matt Barnes missed 3 free throws and JJ Reddick missed one free throw. I can't wait until they rule that out, so the other teams can't foul a struggling shooter purposely.

       The game was close all game. At the last seconds of the 4th quarter, the Clippers were up by 2 points. Blake Griffin had the ball and then he randomly lost the ball and turned it over. Patty Mills got the ball and ran down the court. He almost made the lay up, but he got fouled. He made 2 free throws and sent it to overtime.

       Manu Ginobili fouled out, Tim Duncan had 5 fouls, and Tony Parker got injured at the beginning of the overtime period. I thought it was a definite win for the Clippers. A lot of the bench players were doing good for the Spurs. The Spurs ended up winning by 4 points. It was disappointing, but it was still a great game.

Anthony Davis

       I can't believe how much Anthony Davis is improving! I knew he was going to be a really great player, maybe even the best in the league soon, but not right now! He can create his own shot by posting up, shooting mid range, shooting free throws, pick and rolls, and just dunking on everybody! He is so young still! He has only been in the league for 3 years and it usually takes about 5 years to become a great player for a center, but he is already great.

Friday, April 17, 2015

Baseball Season

       The Baseball season started this month! It is nice to watch the Dodgers play again! It is weird to not see Matt Kemp play with the Dodgers. The Dodgers are still doing really good though. I can't wait to watch Clayton Kershaw play!

       I noticed that the Dodgers had some new players. I saw that Jimmy Rollins and Howie Fredrick were on my team. Jimmy Rollins is a short stop and Howie Kendrick is a second baseman. They are pretty good players. I just watched Howie Kendrick get a game winning 2 RBI single on Wednesday!

Weather in St. Paul Alaska

       It has been pretty nice out yesterday and Wednesday. It seemed like it was turning into Summer weather! It is cold and windy today though. I can't wait until the Summer starts, so I can be in warm weather! I don't really go out during the winter, but I go out every once in a while during the Summer, because it is warm out.

My Birthday

       I had my birthday on Wednesday. I spent most of it at my house. I watched television and played Halo. I had burritos for dinner. After that, I ate cake and Rice Krispies.

MVP Race

       The race for the MVP this season is tight. The people that are contending are Russell Westbrook, James Harden,  and Stephen Curry. I believe that Russell Westbrook should win the MVP because he is going to have the scoring title for the season, and he also got 11 triple doubles this season. The next person with the most triple doubles for the season only has 3. It sucks that the thunder isn't going to the playoffs.

Monday, April 6, 2015

College Basketball

       I can't believe that the Kentucky Wildcats lost on Saturday vs. the Wisconsin Badgers. The Badgers are a good team, but I though that Kentucky was going to win the NCAA championship. I thought they were going to win because they were undefeated this season and just needed 2 more wins to win the championship. They would have been the first team since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers to have an undefeated season. It was a true heartbreak for the Kentucky players and fans.

       The Duke Blue Devils played vs. the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday also. Michigan State had a really good start to the game where they had around a 15 point game. After that, Duke started to get on fire! They couldn't stop Duke from scoring! They ended up winning by 20 points.

       The championship game is today! Duke and Wisconsin are going to play against each other for the championship. I hope that Duke will win because I don't like Wisconsin. I also want Duke to win because Jahlil Okafor is really dominant in the paint. I can't wait until I get to watch the game!

Lent

       It is the 7th week of lent for Russian Orthodoxy. It gets pretty tough because you have to really fast for the last week. It is also tough because we have the longest church services out of all 7 weeks. It is such a relief after the Easter service though! It is a relief because you finally get to rest and can eat all you want.

       The Easter service starts at midnight on the 12th of April. The services usually last until 3:30 or 4 a.m.! Easter is all about celebrating Jesus's resurrection, after getting killed 3 days before. It is a beautiful service that is very uplifting and it just makes you happy at the end of the service. Easter is also very uplifting because Jesus is done suffering.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Day Off From School

       I had a day off from school on Tuesday. I had a day off because the school was having AMP testing. AMP stands for Alaska Measure of Progress. The school has to do these testings every year around the beginning of April. I finished my testing after my HSGQE (high school graduate qualifying exam) in 10th grade.

       I think that it was time well spent on the break. I slept in for a while, and then played Grand Theft Auto V on my Xbox. I was able to finish the rest of the campaign on the video game. At the end of the campaign, I earned 27 million dollars. After that, I went and bought awesome cars, planes, helicopters, and even Army tanks!

Weather in St. Paul Alaska

       The weather in St. Paul Alaska is pretty good right now. It's not too cold out right now. I was able to be outside for over an hour yesterday. It was about 25˚F, but it felt like 30˚F. It wasn't icy or anything, there was some snow on the ground, but there was none falling out of the skies. It was a bit cloudy also, but the Sun was peeking out for a while.

Time is Going By Too Fast

       I can't believe how much time has been going by. It is already April second! I am going to graduate on May 15th. I think that I am exited for that. I am also going to turn 18 in a couple more weeks. I think that that's crazy!

       I am going to attend the University of Alaska Anchorage after high school. It seems pretty crazy saying that I'm going to college. It will definitely be an experience. It will be cool because my brother also goes to this college. It will be nice to be in Anchorage with him. We would be able to play video games online a lot.

       I think that I want to live in a dorm for my first year. My brother asked if I wanted to stay at his apartment, but I'm not fully sure. I was told to live in a dorm for my first year. It would help me because I would have my own responsibilities, and it will make me more responsible for myself. I am going to have to apply for a dorm right now if I want to live in one, because it is pretty late.

Hackie Sacking

       I hackie sacked with Kirk and Andrey yesterday. I hackie sacked for over an hour! A hackie sack is a sand bag that you have to kick in the air numerous times. I used to hackie sack all the time when I was younger, but I haven't played in a long time. It was so fun!

       I played a couple different games of hackie sack. The first game was Killer 6. Killer 6 is when you have to kick the sand bag 6 times in a row. After you kick it 6 times in a row, you have to catch it. Once somebody catches it, everybody freezes. Once someone moves, you can throw the hackie sack at them.

       The other game that I played was elimination. Elimination is when you can't miss the hackie sack the first time. You can hit it the first time and miss the second, and still be in the game. If you miss the first attempt to kick the sand bag, you are out and have to wait until a new game. You can be sneaky and throw the hackie sack at one of the players, when you are out, and if they kick it, they are out and you get to go in for them.

       I did pretty good yesterday. I won a couple of times. I had a few good streaks. A streak is when you kick it a lot in a row. All in all, it was a fun time hackie sacking!