Message in a Haunted Mansion Music!

I uploaded a video of me playing the Study theme from Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion on my piano. I messed up a little at one point, but I was not able to re-record it because my camera's battery was dying. I look different in this video, becuase I hardly ever wear my hair down.

Zoo Vet Walkthrough: Finished!

I finished the entire walkthrough for Zoo Vet! I thought there was six levels, but it turns out there's only 5! So, I finished level 5, and finished the entire game! Here is the entire playlist, all 31 videos:

Whew! That's a lot of videos!

Finished Task/New Videos

I finished level 4 of my Zoo Vet Walkthrough. There are two new videos in the playlist.

I have to warn you, though, they're both really gross. The first one is a panda with a bladder infection(ugh), and the second one is a chimpanzee with a parasite infection(even more ugh).

I thought I had two more levels to do, but it turns out I only have one! I'll be finished with the whole walkthrough sooner than I thought!

Nancy Drew Music I can play

I went through every single Nancy Drew game and found all the music I can play on my flute and/or piano. Some are combined.
Here's the list:
Flute: Stay Tuned for Danger-Lobby
          Treasure in the Royal Tower- Somber/Tranquil
           Secret of the Scarlet Hand- Scribe
           Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake- Day
                                                      Forest
           The Haunted Carousel- Carousel B
           Secret of Shadow Ranch- Lands
           Curse of Blackmoor Manor- Recorder
           Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon- Melody/Train
                                                               Camille
           Trail of the Twister- Prairie
           Shadow at the Water's Edge- Teaser
Piano- Message in a Haunted Mansion- Study
                                                             Parlor
                                                             Hallway
                                                             Attic
          Treasure in a Royal Tower- Somber/Tranquil
           Danger on Deception Island- Caddy
          Last Train to Blue moon Canyon- Camille
                                                              Camptown
         Warnings at Waverly Academy- Waverly
          Shadow at the Water's Edge- Pop
                                                        Modern
                                                        Ryokan
                                                        Traditional

So there is all the music I can play so far. Stay tuned because these will all eventually be uploaded to youtube! I am also going to try to find more to play so I have at least one song from each game. I will post saying whenever I have learned a new piece. My next video to be uploaded will be Study from Message in a Haunted Mansion.

And another thing I should tell you! I learned how to play the Renaissance theme from Curse of Blackmoor Manor on my cousin's keyboard, but only because it has different instrument settings, including the oboe and cello. I don't play either of those, though, and my keyboard only does piano, electric piano, harpsichord, and full orchestra. So I am definetly not going to be able to play this for you any time soon. Sorry!                              

Sign Language

A thing about me that I have never actually mentioned anywhere on the internet is that I am learning ASL(american sign language). Me and my best friend are actually learning together. There are deaf students at our school, so a lot of staff there know ASL.

Anyway, there was a bunch of contests at our school last month, with a bunch of different options students could choose for their parents to bid on. And one of them was lunch with an interpreter at school and a chance to interpret on the Morning News Show!

The Morning News Show is a little show our school does every morning. There are two anchors(6th grade announcers) and one of the interpreters. The anchors switch off every week. Every day they announce who they are, who the interpreter is, the date and time, their theme for the day, and then they say the Pledge of Allegience. After that there is a moment of silence, then birthdays and important announcements. Then the show ends.

Anyway, I bid for this and WON! I'm really excited because I get to interpret next Thursday! In exactly one week! And the awesome thing is...I'm interpreting the week my best friend is an anchor! We'll be on the show together! I can't wait! :)

Creepy Ice Cream Truck

Last year, there was this creepy ice cream truck that came to my neighborhood EVERY SINGLE DAY. The jingle was stuck in my head all the time, because the driver blared it so you could hear him coming from a mile away! It would just come, drive in circles around our very small neighborhood like twenty times, and then leave. Nobody ever got any ice cream. But he kept coming for three months straight: from April to July. Then he stopped coming, probably because either A. Nobody ever got any ice cream or B. It was the end of summer. I was out of town in August so I'm not sure if he was there.

Anyway, today me and my sister(who is a year older than me) were decorating for our stepsister's(who is my age) surprise birthday party. Her real birthday is on Friday. And all of a sudden, as we're putting up streamers, Taylor(my sister) says "Wait! Everyone be quiet!" So then, what do you know? We hear the jingle of the ice cream truck.

IT"S BACK!!!!!!!!!

Now my sister is convinced he's stalking us. I just hope he wont come EVERY SINGLE DAY like last year, because i don't want that jingle stuck in my head. You might be wondering why I don't take advantage of it and get ice cream every day. I'll tell you why.

1. The ice cream is over priced
2. its not that good anyway
3. the dude is kind of creepy

So yeah. Anyway, I gotta go! My stepsister is coming in a few minutes!

Shadow at the Water's Edge: Day 2 finished

I finished Day 2 of my text walkthrough for Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge. I also got a few sentences from Day 3. Here is the link:
http://nancydrewcomputergames.wetpaint.com/page/SWE+Walkthrough

Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake question

I've been hearing a lot of rumors about this. A lot of people and websites have said that in Nancy Drew: Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake, the ghost dogs are supposed to attack every night, but there was a problem when HerInteractive made the game, and it turned out that the ghost dogs only attacked once.

......

So is this true? If you know, PLEASE comment with your answer. You can comment as "anonymous" even if you don't have a Blogger account. I'm dying to know!

New videos

I have 3 more videos in my Zoo Vet Walkthrough playlist. The first one is about an elephant with a puncture wound in his footpad, the second one is about a penguin with bumblefoot, and the third one is about a gorilla with a bite wound on his thumb.

I also uploaded a review for Nancy Drew: Secret of Shadow Ranch.

Rango

I saw the movie Rango last night. It's about a lizard who's cage falls out of his owner's car and then he is stranded in the desert. He finds a town with a bunch of other strange looking animals, and discovers that they are in desperate need of water. Then he makes up stories about him being from the west and living tough, and becomes the town's sherriff after he kills a hawk that had been terrorizing the town. Then he goes on a quest to retrieve the water, which they believed to have been stolen.

The rest of the plotline totally confused me. The mayor turned out to be evil, but I'm not sure exactly why. Then there was a rattlesnake who tried to kill Rango, but in the end he was on the good side. So I don't really get what happened.

It was a very strange movie, but entertaining and funny enough. Problem was, the movie theater we were in had no air conditioning, and there were a lot of people. It was so hot in there. And the plotline about being in the desert and needing water, of course, didn't help.

So...yeah.

Finished Task 1

I finished the death scene list for Nancy Drew: The Haunted Carousel. It's on my website here:
http://nancydrewcomputergames.wetpaint.com/page/The+Haunted+Carousel%3A+Booboos
Beware of spoilers! The culprit is not mentioned, but everything else is.

Stuff I have to do

I've now made a list of all the things I have to do and what order I am going to do them in.
-Zoo Vet video walkthrough: I am going to aim to finish 1 level per week. Since I have about three more levels to finish, I will most likely be done in 2-3 weeks. youtube account: Madikinz123
-Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge text walkthrough: I am aiming for at least 1 day(in game time) finished per week. There are about 6? days in this game and I am on day 2, so it will take me 3-4 weeks to finish it. website: http://www.nancydrewcomputergames.wetpaint.com/
-All my homework: I'll do some tonight, but most I'll do tomorrow. I have to type and edit three paragraphs, I have to fill out a vocab sheet with 4 words(I have to define the word, find three synonyms and antonyms each, and draw it), and I have to finish reading(and fill out a paper for) a book. Anyway, you guys probably don't care.
- Practicing flute/teaching myself a song: I'll combine these. My band teacher wont mind. The song I'm teaching myself is very hard though, so I wont have a video up for quite a while. It is the Prairie theme from Nancy Drew: Trail of the Twister.
-Practicing piano/teaching myself a song: I'll combine these too. The song I'm teaching myself(the Study theme from Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion) is not very hard. I have it almost perfect. I'll have it uploaded by next week.
-Nancy Drew: The Haunted Carousel death scene list: This is on my website. It wont take very long. I'll finish it today.
-Nancy Drew: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon music videos: FINISHED! :)
-The "interview" me and my friend are working on: I still have to discuss some stuff with her, then I have to edit the whole thing, which will take FOREVER, so this probably wont be ready until next month.
-Writing my book: I usually do this in school when I finished an assignment that other people are still working on, and I also work on it before bed. Who knows when it will be done. I'm only on page 50.
-Chores: ugh. chores. :(
-Nancy Drew: Secret of Shadow Ranch review: Will be uploaded tomorrow. I know I said today, but apparently I am going to see a movie and wont be back until late tonight!

So that's all the stuff I need to do. At least now it's organized.

Finished Playlist

I finished the playlist for Nancy Drew: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon Music.

New Video

I posted a new video to my youtube account: Madikinz123
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjOTYMyP3C4
Its a new video for my Zoo Vet walkthrough. This one is about a komodo dragon with an infected tail.

My first blog!!!!!!!! YAYYYY!!!!!

Hey people! This is my first blog post so... forgive me if it's not very good. I just made this account now. I didn't go to school today because I had a doctor's appt. that took FOREVER and then my mom took me to her work. It's really cool! I'm there now actually, as I type. I'm also currently listening to Taylor Swift: Back to December and eating gummy bears. Anyway, I will start off telling you all a little about me.

I am a crazy fan of Nancy Drew. It's my favorite book series, and I am addicted to the games!!!!!! I have finished every single game, and I can't wait for the Captive Curse to come out. I don't play the Dossier series. I'm not a big fan of hidden objects games.

I have a youtube account: Madikinz123. I like to post different kinds of videos, with variety. I am currently working on a walkthrough for Zoo Vet. It's knid of slow going, though, because I have to use my mom's computer to record the walkthroughs. The screen recording software on my laptop is horrible.

I also have a website: nancydrewcomputergames.wetpaint.com. There I post reviews for Nancy Drew games, walkthroughs, puzzle cheats, easter eggs and death scenes. I am currently working on a walkthrough for Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge.

So I'm pretty busy. Aside from homework, practicing flute and piano, I have to finish a video walkthrough, for Zoo Vet, a text walkthrough for Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water's Edge(plus puzzle cheats), a death scene list for Nancy Drew: The Haunted Carousel, music videos for Nancy Drew: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon, a funny video me and my friend are working on(an "interview" lol), and I also am writing a book, so I need to reserve time for that, too. Whew! Looks like I am not going to be able to post any videos with me playing Nancy Drew music any time soon. Oh yeah, I'm also trying to teach myself two songs,one piano, one flute. I don't like being busy. :(

A lesson for the future, all of you: Don't get into the habit of procrastinating.

-Maddie