Off to Kansas! Day 1

As you know from my previous blog I'm in Kansas right now! Its my first day here and I'm enjoying it very much. Our plane took off at 7:00 am but I had to wake up at 4:30 am so I was really tired on the plane and it felt a lot longer than it really was. Finally we got to Kansas, and a nice gentleman picked us up and drove us to our hotel. We were very early at the hotel because it was 11:30 and the lady at the front desk told us our room would be available at 2:00. So then my mom called the guy who was going to pick us up to drive us to the rental place where we would pick up our rental car. My  mom thought ahead and reserved a car for this trip so we could drive to places by ourselves, not always having a taxi pick us up.

Unfortunately my mom and I were stuck in the hotel lobby because the guy who told us he was going to be picking us up, told us he would be there in 10 minutes which, turned into 40 min. The both of us were being hit with waves of exhaustion, and on top of that, we were starving beyond belief because the last time we had eaten was 6:00 am. After a long wait, the guy named Logan picked us up, and we went to a place called enterprise and got a very nice silver Toyota Corolla. And, both of the drivers that picked us up recommended a really good barbecue place called Oklahoma Joe's. We decided that would be a good choice for when me and my teammates are all together. Due to how hungry we were, we decided to go to AppleBee's for lunch.  It was right next to the car rental place.

Our server brought food to the table that was very good and filling. The waitress was super upbeat and friendly and thought it was cool that we were from Boston (our waitress also worked at a bowling alley nearby that I really want to go to). Then, We hopped in our car and went back to the hotel.

Since our room still wasn't ready, the front desk manager gave us a room for a few hours so that we could have a place to be until our real room. I was on my I-pad and we were watching tv. About an hour and a half before the front desk manager told us it would be time for us to go to our new and real room, I decided that. I wanted to go swimming. Literally, I couldn't drag myself out of the jacuzzi because it felt like paradise. I went into the regular pool too. We came back to our temporary room and realized that it was the time that the manager had told us to come down, so we went down hoping that our room would be ready because he said it would be, but of course NO it still wasn't ready. He told us in 25 minutes it will be ready, so to kill time, we went to Kohl's (there was one right behind the hotel) because we wanted to shop around and, I forgot my Patriots had at the house so I wanted to get a new hat. I got a scarf and 2 hats. I got to scratch a coupon and we got 30% off! we saved a lot! Finally, we got back to the hotel and our room was open! We got settled and then I started blogging!

SUPERBOWL 50:PANTHERS vs. BRONCOS

          On Sunday, the well-liked annual SuperBowl happened. The two teams that were playing were the Carolina Panthers vs. the Denver Broncos. I personally wanted the Panthers to win simply because they had such a great season coming out of the regular season with only 1 loss (against the Arizona Cardinals), and i really wanted them to finish out on top. On the other hand the Broncos came out of of the regular season with 12 wins and 4 losses. The Panthers were heavily favored to the SuperBowl, and in conferences previous to the game, all of the players on their team acted like they had it in the bag, and they were very confident about how they were going to play. I feel that the Broncos were more humble and low key about it, and they didn't want to get too ahead of themselves. Peyton Manning had tons of people flocked around him trying to ask him questions. no doubt that he was the spotlight in the conference.  Tons of people were hating and trash talking the Broncos, but I don't think that they let that get to them because how they played blew everyone away, and they proved everyone wrong. The Broncos ended up winning 22-10, and I'm fine with the Panthers losing because the Broncos deserved it, and they certainly played very well. Congratulations Broncos, and lets just hope that the Patriots can bring home the trophy next season!

Going to Kansas

        From previous posts, you probably know that my North National Girls 06 team has won the past 2 tournaments that we have participated in. First, there was a Thanksgiving tournament at the end of November, and there was a Futsal tournament a couple weeks ago. Girls on my team had been telling us that if we won the Futsal tournament, we would go to Kansas to compete in the Nationals, but I never really knew if that was true or not. My family didn't think we were going because it would be such short notice. Turns out though...... It was true after all! When girls on my team would ask the coach "If we win this, do we go to Kansas?" But he would reply back "We need to focus on the game we are playing now." After the tournament had happened, everyone on the team was dreading the wait of the email that we either say "We're off to Kansas!" Or, "No, we are unable to play." Finally, my mom got the email saying we were going to Kansas! I remember that I was in my room, and my mom called me downstairs and said: I have some very serious news, WE'RE GOING TO KANSAS! It was awesome. We are leaving Thursday very early in the morning and hopping on a plane.
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                                                I'll blog more in Kansas at nationals!

MA Youth Futsal Tournament

 

    Over the extra long weekend, I participated in a Massachusetts Youth Futsal tournament. In case you don't know, Futsal is indoor soccer, with a smaller court than outside, and you can't kick the ball off the walls. The ball is also a little bit smaller, and it doesn't really bounce.There were 2 tryouts that the team had to go to so that my coach could pick certain people. Since Futsal has a smaller court, there can only be 5 people on the court at once, including the goalie. So because of that, my coach picked 9 players to participate in this tournament. Out of the 9 players he picked, fortunately one of them was me!
       There were 2 games on Saturday, 1 game on Sunday, and 2 games on Monday. I was very proud of how we played on Saturday. The first game was at 8:00am, and we played Kings FC. For most of the game it was tied, and at almost the end it was 3-3, and then one of the girls on my team immediately scored twice, and then the other teams goalie was going far up because she wanted to try to steal the ball and get goals, but then my teams goalie threw it about 3 feet over the halfway line, and one of the forwards was there, and I forget if it bounced once or not, but the goalie was not at the net, so it was wide open, and one of my teammates just kicked it right in the net. The final score was 6-3 my team.
       The second game that day was against Cape Cod Futsal Club. The first half my teams goalie didn't get 1 shot on net, and we scored 10 goals. I scored 3 goals (hat trick technically) The first 2 were just simple on the ground shots in the corners, but the 3rd one was even better. One of my teamates (or me) shot the ball, and the goalie saved it and it was moving very fast about to go out of bounds, but I stopped it, pulled it back behind a defender, and then no one was in front of me, so I held onto the left post (to get my balance) and shot it fast and high to the left. In the second half, we switched our goalkeeper who had a couple of great saves, and my team continued to try to win the ball as much as we could. We got up to 16-0, and then my couch called a timeout, and he told us that we needed 5 passes before we could shoot unless we had a wide open net. And then, he switched it to
3 passes, and THEN he finally told us that we should just try to keep possession of the ball and pass it around. Everyone wanted to try to keep scoring, but we just passed it around. The final score of that game was 16-0 my team.
     And then on Sunday, the stakes were high because whoever won that game would be in 1st place In bracket A, and would have to play the 2nd place team in bracket B (there are 2 brackets for U10. A
and B.) We played a very aggressive and competitive team called DV Academy from Long Island,
New York. The game ended up in a tie 3-3. My GPS North National 06 girls team only plays together once or twice a month, and people think we have very good chemistry together even though we don't practice often. A lot of the teams we played (including DV Academy) practice together all the time. But since coming into the game on Sunday we were already 1st place, we stayed first place, and then on Monday played the second place team in bracket B, and DV played the first place team in bracket B.
     On Monday morning, we ended up playing the Bayside Bolts FC. I thought something that was critical that my team did that morning and afternoon was high pressure, and making good decisions. We made sure that we tried to take as many shots as we could. At first, we were shooting the ball a lot , but they were just a little off target. Soon though, we turned it around, and the final score was 4-1 my team. They scored in the last 10 seconds, and I take the blame because I got the ball and tried to kick it away because there were a lot of people around me, and the girl in front of me stopped the pass, and shot it up high and fast into the left corner, and the goalie had no chance of saving it. Everyone thought in their head after the game was over "We won the semifinals, now all we gotta do is win the finals, and it's all ours!" After our game was over, we went on the next court to watch DV Academy play Futnado FC, and they had tied, so they had to go into penalty kicks, and even as the number one team in bracket B, they still lost to DV. So, later on in the day, we had a rematch with DV Academy in the finals.
    The game started out scoreless, and then a girl on my team scored, and not soon after, I scored! I was on defense, and the ball got kicked away on the ground, and I one touch smashed the ball high into the middle of the net, and the goalie tried to jump, but it was to fast to stop. After my goal, we were up 2-0. Later, DV scored, and then at the last 10 minutes, me and another girl were talking on the bench about how much it would mean to win this. We kept saying 9:30 to go, 8:30 to go, 7:30 to go, and on and on, until about the last 3 minutes because I subbed in for left forward, and played the hardest I could. I distinctly remember the last 10 seconds of the game because we were on the verge of winning, and finally I heard the BIG LOUD buzzer and I ran over to the bench and I just hugged the other girl named Avery who scored the first goal so tight. Everyone was so happy and excited! My coach came over and told us to go to court 8 because that's where we got our medals and pictures taken. After that, we went into a room off to the side of the courts because one girls family on my team had brought cupcakes to celebrate, and we just had tons of fun, and took lots of pictures. EVERYONE ON THE TEAM WAS SO HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME!!
    Throughout the  tournaments and the practices, we have really grown big friendships with one another, and we really bond together. At the start, no one really knew each other, and now, whenever you see us, we are Moses likely laughing. We earned the outcome we were looking for, and we played our hearts out his Futsal tournament. Oh yeah, I forgot, one last word: YESSSSSS!!!!!!!

Upcoming Patriots schedule and plans

    As you probably know, the Patriots have not done the best the last few games... Luckily, they made it  into the playoffs ending with a 12-4 record in the regular season. On Sunday and Saturady there were NFC and AFC wild card games that determine who plays who, and who's out and who made it. On Saturday, the Kansas City Cheifs beat the Houston Texans, and on Sunday the Seattle Seahawks beat the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers beat the Washington Redskins. Since the Patriots are in the AFC and since the Cheifs won to the Texans and they are in the AFC, the patriots are playing the Cheifs next Saturday in New England (it is VERY good that the pats have home field advantage). Also the Steelers are playing the Broncos next weekend. And on the NFC side, the Seahawks are going to play the Panthers, and the Cardinals are going to play the Packers.
    The Patriots are really going to have to step it up this next playoff game against the Cheifs because the Cheifs have become very good as their season has progressed. Something that is good for the Pats is that they have players coming back to play for this game that have been injured like Julian Edelman, Sebastian Vollmer (hopefully, questionable), Donta Hightower, and I think a couple more players but I just listed the players who are always playing. I feel that the Patriots really need to focus on their running game and practice running the ball. They also have to have consistent, accurate passes and try to prevent sneaky interceptions. But I hope that the players that are going to be back from their injury do good because that would help a lot.
    GO PATRIOTS! DO YOUR JOB! Just 2 more wins, and we are 1 of the 2 teams that play in Super  Bowl 50!

Should I be a Youtuber?

Recently I have been thinking about starting a YouTube channel. I wanted to get your thoughts on if I should be one or if I shouldn't. I'm still thinking about it and how I would make it good. I'm kind of inspired by my brother because he has a gaming channel (The Gaming Solution) and has been doing for a year +. I probably wouldn't game, but I would do challenges and maybe cover songs. On my channel I would vlog sometimes if I wasn't doing something else. If I had a channel I would kind of do all around things, and be open to any suggestions!
Please comment or email me your thoughts on my idea!

Movie Review: Star Wars The Force Awakens

        I haven't done many movie reviews in a while and I just saw Star Wars, so I'd thought I'd tell you a little bit about the movie.

        First of all, so many people were excited for this movie because the last Star Wars movie that was made came out over 10 years ago, so this was the first one in a LONG time. The Force Awakens is episode VII. The Star Wars films can be confusing because they didn't produce the movies in order so it doesn't just go 1,2,3... They are all pretty much scattered around. 

        I would recommend watching this movie in 3D because Star Wars movies have tons of action, so if you feel like you are involved in the intensity and action it is amazing. Also, my dad bought my family's tickets in advance because he knew that because it is so popular, if we just showed up, it would most likely be sold out. We saw the movie at the amc IMAX in Somerville, MA because we just couldn't wait to see it, and we just knew it would be worth it if we went to IMAX. Imax has red coushney seats, it has a big screen, and it has high quality. My experience there was awesome. Literally, in two words I would describe The Force Awakens as outrageously awesome! 

       Before I saw The Force Awakens, I had really watched many of the Star Wars movies, but since everybody was fired up for this new movie, I decided to give it a try, and it changed the way I interpret Star Wars and I'll watch every movie they come out with after this and previous ones too. I felt that everyone who pitched in to help make this movie did a great job picking the plot, and making sure that they could actually make a good film out of the plot. I also enjoyed how they added in some new characters, so it wouldn't just keep being the old ones that have been there from the start. Some new characters are named: Rae, Finn, Kai Lo Ren, BB8.

                                                  Spoilers                                                           

The whole movie Chewbacca, Han Solo, BB8, Finn, and Rae are on a search for Luke Skywalker  
 because Luke put himself  into exile on an island where nobody could get him and where he was       hiding because of a deep disappointment. BB8 had the map to find Luke, but the Dark Side was trying to capture BB8 (droid thing that rolls around), because they wanted the map. BB8 was missing 1 piece to the map.R2D2    
wasn't in the movie until the last 45 min about, but a cloth was draped over his body, and BB8 pulled   it off and it turned out that once R2D2 turned on, R2D2 had the missing piece that fit in perfectly to   the map. Finn was an undercover storm trooper that was actually trying to help people escape that    were captured by the dark side. BB8 had a guy that took care of him named Po, and stormtrooper him  into a room where he was laying down, and couldn't move a muscle. Kai Lo Ren (leader of dark side)              
 was trying to make Po die, and suck the map information out of his head, but  finn helped Po escape
but while they were escaping they crashed in a ship on the desert, and Po was believed to be dead, but
 Finn was still alive. Po actually was alive, but he only came back later in the movie. A few scenes
later, Rae, Finn, BB8 become friends, and they fly on the Millenium Falcon (which hasn't been flown in years, but they couldn't find anything else to fly in) later, they find Han Solo and Chewbacca, Rae and Finn end up have a light saber battle with Kai Lo Ren, and Han Solo's son is Kai Lo Ren but Kai Lo Ren switched to the dark side. Kai Lo Ren ends up knocking his father off a narrow walkway, and Han Solo dies. At the end of the movie Rae finds Luke and hands him the light saber.