Marko's Explorations

2011-12-24T04:10:00.000-08:00

Well The truth is that i haven't blogged in FOREVER! So i Decided i'm going to start again! (Thanks to my friend Westly!) (btw i will never be able to spell your name) So yup!

To my mom! :)

2011-10-13T17:20:00.000-07:00

So here I am writing you a letter, something I probably haven’t done since I stopped believing in Santa *wink*.
To express in words everything that you are to me would be like trying to fill the grand canyon one grain of sand at a time, but I’m going to try.

Everything I love about myself comes from you. My eyes, my ability to smile and laugh at myself. My perseverance, and ability to tell myself “It’ll all turn out in the end”. You taught me everything about life, from the most basic things like tying my laces and saying my ABC’s to much more complex things. Loving myself, simply because you love me, and complete understanding of others. You told me once that I’m to independent for a man. You are the one who taught me that independence, I’m happy being myself, you trust my opinion and always keep an open mind to what I have to say, not many adults have that respect for kids. You always listen to me and allow me to make my own mistakes. I’m sure you’ve watched me walk into situations that you knew were going to hurt, but the thing that lets me know how much you care is that you let me go into them. Had I been totally sheltered from life I’d never learn, and when life pushed me around you always gave me your shoulder and ear, and the strength to push back.

Spring has Sprung in Sacramento

2010-03-22T13:40:00.001-07:00

Reflection

2010-02-24T11:23:00.000-08:00

The young boy walked through the harsh streets of the city seeking shelter. The cold and bitter wind swept around him like a tornado of sadness threatening to sweep him away. But, he resists those horrible feelings for a while. So he keeps on until he reaches a bridge and looks down into its murky fathoms and sees a face down on the surface. He doesn't recognize it, but it is his own reflection. He remembers his face as clean and happy, not this dirty sorrowful face staring back at him. Then the wind of sadness blew through him once more and he couldn't resist it this time. Suddenly the reflection moved, it moved over the railing of the bridge and was hanging from the reflection bridge. Then the reflection child let go and the young boy saw the reflection flying toward him. Finally, they collided and all went black.......

P.S. This is not how I'm feeling.

Elexir

2010-02-09T16:14:00.000-08:00

Sad

Small

Lonely

Confused

Angry

Crazed

I feel as if I've been backed into a corner, lost in a maelstrom of thoughts, floating in a pool of memory. Yet all of these change then stay the change like an unsteady wind threatening to blow the last leaf away. I'm being swept away by a swift river of sorrow in which many sticks of loneliness catch on my clothing. Soon I'm striped of everything my own dignity. I wander the cold bleak land of reflection to find nothing to reflect on; I am striped of everything, striped of everything, of everything, everything.

Chalupa

2009-10-27T11:15:00.000-07:00

This is my guinea pig "chalupa!" I will love him and I will hug him and I will name him Chalupa. :-D

I made this!!

2009-10-19T20:06:00.000-07:00

Isn't it perdy!!

Rain

2009-10-14T13:12:00.000-07:00

I'm sitting here hearing rain tap at my window calling me to come and play, play in the wind and the rain. I answer its call and rush outside into the storm feeling the wind gush around me. The rain as it hits the ground makes strange alien music luring me farther away from shelter. Now the full force of the storm hits, lightning flashes across the sky meeting the ground with an earthshaking thunder. I try to run for shelter but I'm fixed to the place I'm standing blinded by flashing lightning. Then the rain stops pouring an the sun comes out and strait in front of me stands a glorious rainbow whispering "God loves you Mark."

Brothers

2009-08-10T15:23:00.000-07:00

There's no other love like the love for a brother. There's no other love like the love from a brother. ~Astrid Alauda

Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero. ~Marc Brown

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea. ~Dylan Thomas

When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life. ~Antisthenes

No Boundaries

2009-08-07T18:46:00.000-07:00

Seconds hours so many days

You know what you want but how long can you wait

Every moment last forever if you feel you’ve lost your way

What if your chances are already gone

Started believing that I could be wrong

But you give me one good reason to fight and never walk away

Coz hear I am - still holding on!

Every step you climb another mountain

Every breathe its harder to believe

You’ll make it through the pain (or through all your aches and pains)

Weather the hurricane

To get to that one thing

When you think the road is going nowhere

Just when you’ve almost gave up on your dreams

Then take it by the hand and show you that you can

There are no boundaries

I fought to the end to stand on the edge

What if today is as good it gets

Don’t know where the future’s headed

Nothings gonna bring me down

I’ve jumped every bridge and I’ve run every line

I’ve risked being saved but I always knew whyI always knew why

So hear I am still holding on

Every step you climb another mountain

Every breathe its harder to believe

You’ll make it through the pain

Weather the hurricane

To get to that one thing

When you think the road is going nowhere

Just when you’ve almost gave up on your dreams

Then take it by the hand and show you that you can

You can go higher

You can go deeper

There are no boundaries

Above and beneath you

Break every rule coz there’s nothing between youand your dreams

Every step you climb another mountain

Every breathe its harder to believe

Yeah…There are no boundaries

Every step you climb another mountain

Every breathe its harder to believe

You’ll make it through the pain

Weather the hurricane

There are no boundaries

Sea Ranch

2009-07-10T19:47:00.001-07:00

Last week I was in Sea Ranch with my family and friends from Europe Blanca, Ruben, Andres and Felix. While we were there I saw sea urchins, star fish, seals, crabs and sea anemones. We played cards, got in the hot tub, went to the sauna, explored caves and play at the beach. Awesome!!!

Lightning

2009-06-03T21:30:00.000-07:00

There I was sitting checking my gmail when suddenly there was a blinding flash from outside. I walk outside to find the biggest lightning storm I have ever observed. It was amazing see the dazzlingly bright bolts streak across the dark sky.

The Universe

2009-04-01T18:51:00.001-07:00

The universe is so amazing with all its colors and planets.

P.S. Did you know that Jupiter is just a big ball of colorful gas.

Random

2009-03-26T20:16:00.000-07:00

I've always wondered things like:
1. Does it matter wether you get volume or perfection shampoo.
2. Why do blending machinens have so many buttons, dont they all do the same thing, blend.
3. Why are there so many different versions of iTunes. You just get used to one and then POP "Upgrade your iTunes!"
Thats all.

Bye-bye

Major Crossbreads!!

2009-03-17T14:32:00.000-07:00

These things are sooo cool!

I kinda wish they were real but, then they're actually really creepy. these pictures include a "Froggator" (Frog/Gator)

"Doguirrel" (Dog/Squirrel)

"Babougar" (Baboon/Cougar)

"Biog" (Bird/Dog)

"Squat" (Squirrel/Cat)

"Dorilla" (Dog/Gorilla)

"Eog" (Eagle/Dog)

"Cuck" (Cat/Duck)

"Dorse" (Dog/Horse)

And the most weird animals of all the:

"Sqheeuck" (Squirrel/Sheep/Duck)

and the:

"Dilloat" (Dog/Gorilla/Goat)

Wierd

2009-03-16T22:24:00.000-07:00

San Diego

2009-03-16T19:33:00.000-07:00

Last week we went to San Diego for a speech tournament. The first day we went to the zoo which was amazing, we saw elephants, kowalas, pandas, camels, gorillas, rinos, bear-cat, clouded leoperd and capybaras! While we were there we saw two babys. One was a little baby kowala (sooooo cute!) and a 6th month old gorilla, now the baby gorilla was having its first time in the exibit so it was always looking at people and trying to touch and kiss them through the glass. O my gosh it was the cutest thing ever. Other than the platapus the capybara is my favorite animal so when I saw them I just couldn't pull myself away from them, they're awesome. After the zoo we had a busy tournament (inside joke "the statues are so moving!") and in the end my sister got first out of like 200 people!

My Day Dreams

2009-03-07T14:07:00.000-08:00

ZZZZZZZZZ......What school? Now? Awwwww. :-(

Twisted Whiskers

2009-02-20T16:59:00.001-08:00

Twisted Whiskers is awesome.

Winter Pictures

2009-02-06T17:57:00.000-08:00

Winter dont you love it!

Happy

2009-02-05T16:07:00.000-08:00

The world is full of people generally happy or sad. Personally I would rather be happy :-D

Christmas!!

2009-01-07T20:40:00.000-08:00

Even though Christmas was a while back I'm going to do a post about it.

This year I sang in the church coir on the Christmas Eve

Then the next day we got open our presents! I got a hot water bottle! Ok everybody I told so far has said something like "and your excited about that" or "you must be a deprived child," but what they don't realize is warmness at night is important to me because I HATE the cold! I also got a drawing book and artist pencils, VERY cool!

Happy New Year of 2009

:-D

I Drew This! :-D

2008-12-17T18:06:00.005-08:00

Josephine's Post

2008-12-16T22:20:00.000-08:00

Hi Josephine!!
This is a post for you so I just want to tell you that you're hilarious.
Bye-bye

If You Just Believe

2008-12-10T15:56:00.000-08:00

Children sleeping, snow is softly falling

Dreams are calling, like bells in the distance

We were dreamers not so long ago

But one by one we all had to grow up

When it seems the magic's slipped away

We find it all again on Christmas day

Believe in what your heart is saying

Hear the melody that's playing

There's no time to waste

There's so much to celebrate

Believe in what you feel inside

And give your dreams the wings to fly

You have everything you need

If you just believe

Trains move quickly to their journey's end

Destinations are where we begin again

Ships go sailing far across the sea

Trusting starlight to get where they need to be

When it seems that we have lost our way

We find ourselves again on Christmas day

Believe in what your heart is saying

Hear the melody that's playing

There's no time to waste

There's so much to celebrate

Believe in what you feel inside

And give your dreams the wings to fly

You have everything you need

If you just believe

Just believe

-Josh Groban

Life is..........

2008-12-07T19:04:00.000-08:00

Life is wonderful.
Life is horrible.
Life is sad.
Life is happy.
Life is bringing cheer to people.
Life is boring.
Life is exciting.
Life is an existence to please the God of creation.
All in all life is so worth it.

Books I like

2008-12-04T16:51:00.000-08:00

I recently have fallen in love with a series of books called Rowan of Rin, it is a definite yes for those who love adventure and tense moments. But my over all favorite is The Inheritance Series. This series is made up of four books the fourth still to come out. The first book is Eragon, the second is Eldest and the third is Brisinger.

Geting ready for Christmas

2008-11-29T18:16:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we went to Apple Hill to get our Christmas tree. This year it was my turn to pick out the tree so I got a nice full tree at Robert's Christmas Tree Farm. After that we went to Apple Cafe and had some nice hot chocolate and hot cider. Today we put the Christmas tree in the holder and brought it into the house, it looks fantastic.

Orion's Poem

2008-11-18T15:53:00.000-08:00

Today I got 30/30 on my math, so we went to Starbucks to celebrate. When my mom and I got there I still had Olive from our walk and an elderly man said "I don't mind the dog." So we left Olive with him, went in and got our coffee, and came back out to drink it deciding to sit with the man. It turns out that he is a homeless poet and after we talked for a while he gave me one of his poems, called:

Orion's Poem
by Antonicus Corpus (Tony)
for Marcus (Mark), who loves mythology & poetry
I am Orion the Hunter
Destined to roam the endless heavens
Doomed to atrophy without a touch
Searching for a smile, a kiss, perhaps too much
Continuing his search for a house
Where shine those lights of kindness
Through window eyes of a most clear love

I am the constant seeker, roamer
Doomed to walk until I die
Or find the hidden redeemer
Of my gifts, to pliant golden wings
Hiding in a giving heart
A lovely dove I must coax to fly.

I am the patient weaner, weaver
Of laughter, molder of new hope
I am the true believer
In strength undying, hearts of diamonds,
And that diamond strength, that heart and hope
ARE YOU < THE BIRD OF MY LIFE.

The Forbidden Forest

2008-11-16T21:41:00.000-08:00

We just got back from a camping trip that was three days long. It was amazing. It was like one of those pictures people use for their screen savers. My friends and I called it "The Forbidden Forest" (TFF). In the TFF there was a ginormous virgin pine tree with a hole going into the middle of it. I set the record time for running up to the tree, taking off my backpack and slipping inside within two seconds :-D.

Mark Farrell

2008-11-10T22:14:00.000-08:00

Mark Farrell, born 1968, is an award-winning Canadian comedian and writer who honed his talent in the Yuk Yuk's comedy club in Halifax, Nova Scotia before moving to Toronto in 1989.
Mark Farrell is also a British tennis player.
Mark. is a brand that makes cloths, makeup and purses.
Mark Farrell is also a boy in America who has hopes and dreams, just like many others, such as becoming an author, cook and singer.
I am the Mark Farrell above. So as you can see, I am not the first Mark Farrell to enter this world, but I plan to make a difference in this life and I hope that one day when someone looks up Mark Farrell up on the Internet I will be there to join the other Mark Farrells above.

Free Rice!!!

2008-11-05T20:51:00.000-08:00

My mom just showed me a web site called freerice.com. While improving your grammar, geography, languages, math, art and chemistry you are also doing good for the world. For every question you answer correctly you automatically give 20 grains of rice to people starving all around the world.
There is no charge what so ever except for the government when they pay for the rice.
Here's the link:
http://www.freerice.com/subjects.php?t=4871812045887

2008-11-02T19:30:00.000-08:00

Today was Sunday so we went to church. This Sunday we sang a song called "God's Gift of Grace." so we got on stage and sang as well as we could and then we came home to our nice little house and just kinda hung out for the rest of the day. I got a new pair of roller blades yesterday so I rode them around.

Bye-bye

Elections!!

2008-11-01T14:00:00.000-07:00

With elections coming up in a couple days I feel obligated to give an 11 year old perspective of the elections. Lets start with Senator Obama. What does Senator Obama think about abortion? From WikiAnswers: “Obama says that every one has a right to their own decision. I may have the money to bring a child to life but my 16 year old neighbor may not or maybe it’s another situation a citizen should have the right to its own decision.” So basically Obama doesn't exactly care. He thinks it’s fine to have an abortion. The thing Obama doesn’t realize is that if he is voted in as president he will be allowing total murder. We need somebody to stop abortion. What does Obama think about the war in Iraq? From Fora Tv: “Senator Barack Obama lays out his plan for ending the war in Iraq and redeploying the troops currently stationed there. His plan calls for security to be turned over to Iraqi forces by 2009 and have troops pulled out in 2010.” Obama wants to pull out the troops?! What is he thinking? Yes, we need to change our stance a little, but to pull the troops out is just ridiculous. Now let’s look at John McCain. What does McCain think about abortion? McCain is Republican so he believes abortion is wrong, in fact he voted against abortion 125 times. McCain thinks abortion is morally wrong and he is so right. Take this video for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clb7QgOuGck&feature=related

All in all it is clear who we should vote for.
Please vote for McCain for the Innocent children dying every day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anieuWFWe8s&feature=related