Number of soda cans drunk: 6,067.  Number of books read: 1,098.  Number of brothers: 1.  Number of Parents: 2.  Number of pets: 1.  Number of hours watching TV: 30,321; Movies: 31,987.  Number of Doughnuts eaten: 485.  Number of words written: 1,764,954,138.  Number of schools attended in total: 4.  Number of homework assignments: 40,875; completed: 40,003.  Number of times been at the age 12: 1.  Number of broken bones: 0.  Number of times jumped out of an airplane: 3.  Number of stage dives: 0.  Number of times shown up late for school: 22.  Number of times heard the National Anthem: Not enough to make me memorize it. Number of times I've seen a movie more than once at the theater: 4.  Number of times been to Fenway: 2.  Number of houses/apartment: 5.  Number of explosions/fireballs caused/witnessed: 12ish.  Number of times shot my brother in the eye with something: 15.  Number of times been in trouble on the water: 6, at least.  Number of weddings been to: 3, I think.  Number of friend's who've died: 8.  Number of times had to fight off a friend: 20.  Number of times lost remote while it was in my hand: 2.  Number of times lost remote when it was right next to me: 4.  Number of times stepped on a Lego with bare feet: 213.  Number of times been hit in the head by a sailboats boom: 7.  Number of times police have come to the house with parents not home: Once.  Number of times I've missed an important shot in a basketball game: 416.  Number of times I've thrown one of my friends off an ATV: 3.  Number of times I've been bitten by a friend: 2.  Number of cool dreams I can remember: 4.  Number of poker games won: 3.  Number of poker games lost: a lot.  Number of great memories: 90,000,001.

Top 10 List
By Schuyler Phillips

          So this list is a list of my top 10 movies.  I've been asked to this before, and it's always been really hard.  It's easier to put them in different categories: Sci-Fi, war, sports, musicals, crime dramas, and so on.  But I'll do my best just to do my top 10 movies of all time.  Please understand, this list isn't in any order except for the last movie on my list.  Other than that, this is just a list of  my favorite movies.

          10:  The Dark Knight.  Christopher Nolan (Who has another movie on my list) made a movie masterpiece when he made the second movie in his Batman Trilogy, The Dark Knight.  The thing that made this move so great was the action, but more importantly, the psychological aspects of Batman.  Batman won't kill anyone, but the Joker is the one man that Batman has faced that makes him think about breaking his one rule.

   

          9: Star Wars.  I know, what a dorky choice, but this movie was my childhood.  This is the one movie that I feel every kid should see.  I can't tell you how many times me and my friends played Star Wars on the playground, or in my backyard.

          8: Saving Private Ryan.  This terribly good movie could be found on a list of some of the best movies ever made, or a list of best written movies.  Saving Private Ryan was one of the best, worst movies I've ever seen.  It was the best because of the writing, the acting, everything.  It was one of the worst because of how graphic the language and the violence was.  For me, it's kind of hard to explain on paper what made this movie amazing, unless you've seen it.  

          7: Dumb and Dumber.  If you asked my brother for a list of his top 5 favorite movies, or just what his favorite movies was, I can guarantee that this would be on it.  I'm not kidding when I say, with a group of our friends, we'll quote Dumb and Dumber all the time, and usually it actually makes sense.    Dumb and Dumber was hilarious, and a movie that will make me laugh no matter how many times I watch it. 

          6: The Borne Supremacy: The first movie of the Borne Trilogy.

          5: Shutter Island: This is a psychological thriller that makes almost no sense until the end.  Leonardo DiCaprio plays a U.S. Marshal who's called into solve a mystery about a patient at an insane asylum on an island that escaped.  Basically, right when you think something makes sense, something changes to make you confused.  It's almost like the movie is laughing at you because the creators know that you have no idea whats going on, and it kinda takes pride in that.  Great movie. 

          4: Skyfall.  This is the latest James Bond movie.   Amazing, 'nuff said.

          3: The Avengers. This movie was way better then I thought it would be.  It was funny, it had a lot of action, and Captain America wasn't really annoying like he was in the movie Captain American the first Avenger.  This was actually just a really great movie.  It's number three because I bought it a little while ago, and because I feel like watching it right now.

          2: The Dark Knight Rises. The finally movie in the Dark Knight trilogy.  This is such a good movie, that's all, and deserves a spot on my list as #2.

          1: Inception.  This was an amazing movie, staring Leonardo DiCapprio about dreams, and the idea of stealing ideas and information, and also about implanting ideas in people's head, all in a dream.  This is a movie that I could watch over and over again and still understand, and still see more that I didn't see the first time.  This movie is without a doubt, my favorite movie, and I would recommend it to anyone.

          

There she was.  Right where she said she'd be, in front of Kelly's Cafe Shop, on the corner of 6th and Bellevue.  She was alone, obviously.  He knew her well enough by now to know that she'd never bring one of her "friends" along.  Things had gotten serious.

Even from across the street, she stood out like a sore-thumb, but in a good way.  She was strikingly beautiful, to the point that she could stand out in a crowd any day of the week, and twice on Sunday.  She hadn't noticed him looking at her.  He made his move.

***

Ellen got a feeling.  It was a strange sensation.  She felt like she was being watched.  There were so many people walking around her though, so she brushed the feeling away and kept waiting for Nick.  They'd agreed to meet at 12:30, and it had been her choice as to where they'd meet.  She picked somewhere she was comfortable with, the cafe she went to every morning.  She was thinking about calling him, but then she got the feeling again, only this time it was more intense.  She got the feeling someone was right behind her, and she didn't know what to expect.  She didn't want to turn around though.  Then suddenly, a pair of hands quickly came from behind and covered her eyes.  

***

Nick snuck up behind her and covered her eyes with his hands.  "Guess who?"  She turned smiled and turned around, then looked up to see a big grin on his face.  She gave him a quick kiss and asked how his day was.  "Getting better," he replied.  They walked into the cafe, sat down, and enjoyed their date.  

Hey, what are you doing?  Put that down.  You gonna hurt yourself.  No, no, I said to the left.  That boy's about as sharp as a bowling ball.  Hey, pull my finger.  Go clean your room.  Go do your homework.  Do it and die boy.  She doesn't hate you, she just views you as a lower life form.  Wow, that looked like it really hurt.  You might want to stand back a bit.  Did you hear that?  That's a riot!  Hey, how was school?  Go take that mangy dog out!  Yeah, whatever.  Get down here!  You are totally your moms son!  Where's that brother of yours?  What did she say?