Luigi’s Mansion

I realize that this is a wide departure from my usual posts, but since I am currently in the process of getting back into writing on a regular basis, I figured it would be kind of nice to share the last writing assignment of the school year. The last composition assignment asked the student to write and present an advertisement. My youngest, who is 12, wrote the following advertisement as her assignment. I think she did a fantastic job, so I thought I would share it with all of you. The only assistance I gave, was to align the photos (although she probably could have done it better and faster).


Imagine that you won a mansion in a contest that you didn’t even enter, there is even a map to the mansion and it looks like a good place to live, so you call your brother/sister to tell him/her about the good news and tell him/her to meet you at the mansion to celebrate.

But you get lost in the creepy forest that surrounds your mansion, but eventually you see, from what the map says, your new mansion but it looked better on the map and your brother/sister should’ve arrived first but he/she is nowhere to be seen. So you go into the creepy mansion only to discover it’s filled with ghosts! To make things worse the ghost you see looks like it’s going to attack! Lucky for you some guy shows up with a vacuum cleaner and tries to catch the ghost that was going to attack you but the ghost escapes. So you go over to the guy with the vacuum cleaner and he says his name is Professor E. Gadd, but before he can say more three ghosts appear! But you and the professor are able to escape and he says that he saw your brother/sister enter the mansion but he hasn’t seen him since.

If you think that’s interesting then Luigi's Mansion will be one of the most entertaining games you will ever play! "Luigi's Mansion was relatively well-received by reviewers, despite being criticized for its short length. The game has sold over 2.5 million copies, and is the fifth best-selling Nintendo GameCube game in the United States. It was also one of the first games to be re-released as a Player's Choice title on the system."^[2] This game is filled with puzzles so it requires a lot of thinking and patience to beat, so you can’t afford to overlook anything because the thing you overlook might just be the door, key or contain/be the item you need to move on. This game will keep you entertained for years and it is rated E for everyone, so even if you’re four you can play this game!

Early in the game you will receive two items, one of the items is the one you need to defeat the ghosts. After a brief explanation on how to use the main item and a quick practice course you can either go to the gallery (which won’t serve any purpose until you beat the first boss), the mansion, or take the practice course again, your choice. You should be prepared for surprises, because almost all of the ghosts pop up suddenly and out of nowhere. Also all of the rooms are dark until all of the ghosts in the room are defeated. There are over thirty-five indoor rooms that you can explore and there are at least five outdoor rooms that you can explore, and it is best if you explore every corner of the rooms, just so you don’t miss anything.

So if you want to have a great time buy Luigi’s Mansion today!








¹ IGN entertainment games, http://cube.ign.com/dor/objects/15453/luigis-mansion/images/luigi3.html
2 Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi%27s_Mansion
³ IGN entertainment games, http://cube.ign.com/dor/objects/15453/luigis-mansion/images/bg08.html
⁴ Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Lmbox.jpg

Friday Fotos: 5/29

Have a terrific weekend, everyone and I hope you enjoy the pictures...




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My public service announcement
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Reminds me of the road in front of our house
for the next 6 weeks...

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Okay, this is so me...

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When Brains Go Numb

When I first started writing a blog, I figured it would be a piece of cake. Just write a few lines and that would be it. Well, that is the farthest thing from the truth. Blogs require a great deal of thought and dedication. I want mine to be the best, so I strive to write articles with good content. I want to write articles about everyday life and how it affects us. However, there are those days, like today, when ideas just seem to flee. So, I revert to my old stand-by: BS. Well, I do have a college degree: its a BA, not a BS, but I figure it's close enough.

Sometime ago, we installed a squirrel feeder in our backyard. I was somewhat reluctant do do this because I didn't think it would ever be used. Less than a week after I put it up, there were squirrels there. My question: how did they know it was there? Is there some type of squirrel Brian Williams that announces new feeder locations? Do they have a type of "eye in the sky" Feeder Report? This, to me, is a mystery.

Ever go into the kitchen and take-out the can opener only to discover that your cat, who was sleeping on the other side of the house, appears by your legs? What? Do they have the hearing of bats? Do they have a sort of cat sonar that picks-up "can-opener waves?"

You are alone in the house and it's late at night. Your cute little bundle of fur wakes from a sound sleep, goes to the doorway of a dark room and hisses. Do they actually see something? Do they sense something we can't? Or, is it some kind of private "cat joke," an initiation they must perform in order to become a full member of the cat gang.

We interrupt this program to bring you an important announcement: If you are here looking for the Canucklehead Scavenger Hunt, you are one step closer.
We now return you to our regularly scheduled program...

You know, I love the sound of the lawn mower, especially when someone else is mowing our lawn.

I am going to share my tax return with two of my friends: MasterCard and Visa, aren't I nice?

You have bags of leftover Halloween candy in the house. It's December and you never ate it, so you take it to work and give it to your friends. That night, you end up going to the store to buy more candy.

You wash your car and the next day....it doesn't rain. YES!! You feel like you are on the top of the world. You go to the store to buy a big steak to celebrate. When you come back to your car, you notice a huge pterodactyl has pooped right on the hood.

Well, I've been putting it off long enough, the lawn needs to be mowed. I guess I should go out there and watch my wife mow it. After all, I try to be a good husband.