Scary Acres Experience

On monday October 27, i went to Scary Acres in Omaha. I don't normally go to haunted houses, but I went out on a limb. I went with my family and my cousin and her husband. Amanda, my cousin, was excited and so was I. First, we went to the House On the Hill. It looked like a small abandoned house from outside, but infact it was huge inside. We went through the butchers kitchen and the crazy excercist. We also saw a girl that kills babies and a funeral come to life. Throughout the house, Felipe, my cousins husband, would make jokes about the people. He was the life to the lifeless.

The next place we went to was the Master's Castle. This place was huge!! We saw a man killing a woman on a gurney. Also we saw a flubbery clown chasing us. All of the monsters chased Amanda and I because we were in the back of the group. Through the castle, my cousin would hold on to my hoodie pockets. The castle lasted a long time and the memories are unforgettable. I liked Scary Acres and I also was scared out of my mind. I will not go again this year, but I will go again next year!!

What I've Learned

This quarter I have learned that to write a story you need to go out there and you need to drag it out of people. The stories that are hard to find need the most work on. To get a good story people need to go out and interview others. To interview you need to go out and just talk to them. The interviews are nothing more than just talking just for fun. Interviews can get the stories for you. While interviewing I learned that you be at the level of the person being interviewed. To be prepared for an interview you need to have possible questions to ask. All of your questions probably won't be used, that is fine. I learned that I am okay interviewer, but I can still work on it. My favorite stories to write about is the sports stories. I already know the lingo and I am good at it.

I learned that the newspaper is very demanding. All of the deadlines must be met and you need to work well with others. This staff is fun and great to be around. The stories are out there, we just need to go out there and find it.

Top Ten List

My best top ten list would be:

1. Best sports teams of all-time
2. Best flavors of pop, gatorade, etc.
3. Reasons for being a Fremont Tiger

The top ten reasons why being a journalist rocks are:

1. Interview people
2. travel
3. get your name in print
4. discover stories
5. everyone knows your name
6. find out sweet details on people
7. decide what people read
8. get a cool pass to get you into anything
9. type on the computers
10. photography

Every Athlete's Dream

One night I got home from playing baseball and I was beat. I went downstairs and went and took a nice shower. The moment I hit my bed I was out and that is when I had the dream.

I was playing for the high school team and was completly dominating every team. I was making play after play and producing home runs like it was my job. Then after the game a huge scout for the Cubs came and talked to me. He told me that I had great talent and would make a great pro after a year of college. So I went to Nebraska and played my way into the record books. The scout saw that and they brought me straight up to the pros. I worked my way up passed the normal starter and at the end of the season became rookie of the year. The playoffs came and I won a few games off of a game-winning hit and was on top of the world.

The World Series came and we were in a dual. One game would go to us and then to them. we would hit a homerun then they would. The crowd would roar when my name was announced and would go nuts when I would make a play. The finally game we won and the town was ours I was named MVP and was on top of the world. Then...my alarm went off!!