This is the first time I made a music video with lyrics on it! Hope you like it! It was really hard, because Windows Movie Maker kept freezing, and when I open the saved file the song always got short, and it messed it up, but I finally finished it. =]
Liberty

Song “Far From Home” by Vic Mignogna

This is a video about me stuck in a tree on Woogi World. I made it by using CamStudio and Windows Movie Maker. I hope you like it!

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Liberty (Sakura417)

Ohayocon is an anime convention, and this was the first year I went. Anime is animated movies/shows from Japan, like Spirited Away, and other Miyazaki films. I like Miyazaki films, but my favorite anime series right now are “Fullmetal Alchemist” and “Death Note.”

At Ohayocon there are a lot of people who dress up as characters and sometimes they act out skits of  the character. It’s called cosplay. I recorded some of my favorite cosplay characters. I was a little excited so it was shaky, but I’ll do better today when I go again.

If you’re into anime at all you should try to go to conventions. Click here for a list of conventions all over.

Even if you can’t afford to go to a convention you can just go to the hotel where the convention is because then you can see all the cosplayers are hanging out in the halls. And that is cool. My favorite character:

Liberty, Alphonse from FMA, and Lena

Liberty.

This weekend we’re excited to visit the Wexner Center during the Zoom Family Film Festival.  The sixth annual festival features films from the U.S., Belgium, India, France, and Germany. We’re kicking off the weekend with What’s on Your Plate? and we’re also excited to see Tahaan, but there are so many other great films to see, too. Visit their site for a complete list of films, including trailers.

Here is some info about What’s on Your Plate? from the Wexner Center’s site:

“What’s a Funyon!!?,” a young girl asks. Come along as two 11-year-old girls explore food from a kid’s-eye point of view. Inspired by an Ohio summer vacation from their home in Manhattan, the girls follow a trail of information seeking facts and exploding myths about food by interviewing a variety of people from doctors to farmers to chefs. Farming, school lunches, distribution, ingredients, diet, health, and global politics are among the topics they address with fresh questions and sassy humor. The girls’ unfiltered honesty and curiosity bring a welcome sense of authentic inquiry to this engaging documentary about a topic of clear relevance to all of us.

And Tahaan:

Tahaan is an 8-year-old boy who lives in the conflict-torn Kashmir valley of Pakistan. When his family’s donkey is sold by his mother to repay debts, Tahaan sets off on a quest to recover his beloved animal friend. He must decide whether to trust strangers or keep secrets from his mother, and after he is recruited by militants to throw a grenade into an army compound, he faces a crucial choice about how far he’s willing to go to achieve his goal. More than a war story, this is a film about yearning, finding your purpose in life, understanding right and wrong and, ultimately, about choosing peace. Fable-like and beautifully shot, Tahaan captures the scintillating colors, textures, sounds, and smells of a beautiful and ancient land now characterized by border checkpoints, sniper fire, corrupt money lenders, and “disappeared” fathers.

While we’re there, we’re going to check out The Box, where we can see animations, dramatic narratives, and experimental projects by young (age 8-18) Ohio filmmakers and video artists which were chosen to be included in the youth division of the 2009 Ohio Short Film and Video Showcase.

The Zoom Family Film Festival also includes some free family activities:

• Art Projects and Tours
• Video Game Land
• Saturday Morning Cereal and Pajama Party
• Ice Cream Social

P.S. A family membership to the Wexner Center makes a great Christmas gift.

We visited Southern Indiana for 3 days! We visited a bunch of places, but this post is all about our first day, which was in Lincoln City. We did a bunch of Abe Lincoln stuff! There was a play, “LINCOLN,” and it was awesome!! When they showed parts of the Civil War in the play it would go BOOM and people would scream and there was one random thing that one girl in the play said: “Oh dear Alex! I need you desperately right now!!” It was so random!

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Before the play, we visited Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial and Living Historical Farm. I liked the living farm because it showed the old-fashioned stuff that Lincoln probably grew up with. After that, we went to Lake Rudolph Campground and RV Resort in Santa Claus, Indiana. It was awesome! You can rent an RV instead of just bringing a tent! There’s a pool and a beach and a playground and Coke machines all over.

Then we went back to Lincoln City to see the Lincoln Bicentennial Plaza and to see the play and eat a yummy Amish dinner. I liked the rolls and the chicken. The play was really cool and I liked it. We’ll tell about the rest of our trip (Holiday World, Surfin’ Safari, Leavenworth Inn, and Marengo Caves) soon! Liberty